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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Niger was 79.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 93.47 in 2000, while its lowest value was 79.41 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 93.47
2001 92.77
2002 92.06
2003 91.36
2004 90.66
2005 89.95
2006 89.25
2007 88.55
2008 87.84
2009 87.14
2010 86.44
2011 85.73
2012 85.03
2013 84.33
2014 83.63
2015 82.92
2016 82.22
2017 81.52
2018 80.81
2019 80.11
2020 79.41

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors