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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Pakistan was 11.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 54.85 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.62 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 54.85
2001 52.69
2002 50.53
2003 48.37
2004 46.20
2005 44.04
2006 41.88
2007 39.72
2008 37.56
2009 35.40
2010 33.24
2011 31.07
2012 28.91
2013 26.75
2014 24.59
2015 22.43
2016 20.27
2017 18.11
2018 15.95
2019 13.78
2020 11.62

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors