Nepal - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Nepal was 11.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 76.85 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.22 in 2020.

Definition: People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

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Year Value
2000 76.85
2001 73.57
2002 70.29
2003 67.01
2004 63.73
2005 60.44
2006 57.16
2007 53.88
2008 50.60
2009 47.32
2010 44.04
2011 40.75
2012 37.47
2013 34.19
2014 30.91
2015 27.63
2016 24.35
2017 21.07
2018 17.78
2019 14.50
2020 11.22

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors