Senegal - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Senegal was 11.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 24.36 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.25 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 24.36
2001 23.73
2002 23.11
2003 22.43
2004 21.73
2005 21.03
2006 20.34
2007 19.65
2008 18.97
2009 18.29
2010 17.62
2011 16.96
2012 16.31
2013 15.66
2014 15.01
2015 14.37
2016 13.74
2017 13.11
2018 12.49
2019 11.87
2020 11.25

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors