São Tomé and Principe - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in São Tomé and Principe was 42.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 70.79 in 2000, while its lowest value was 42.63 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 70.79
2001 69.40
2002 67.97
2003 66.54
2004 65.11
2005 63.68
2006 62.25
2007 60.82
2008 59.40
2009 57.97
2010 56.55
2011 55.13
2012 53.72
2013 52.31
2014 50.91
2015 49.51
2016 48.12
2017 46.74
2018 45.36
2019 43.99
2020 42.63

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors