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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Panama was 12.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 17.47 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.19 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 17.47
2001 17.21
2002 16.95
2003 16.68
2004 16.42
2005 16.15
2006 15.89
2007 15.63
2008 15.36
2009 15.10
2010 14.83
2011 14.57
2012 14.30
2013 14.04
2014 13.78
2015 13.51
2016 13.25
2017 12.98
2018 12.72
2019 12.46
2020 12.19

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors