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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in South Africa was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 24.99 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.00 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 24.99
2001 23.70
2002 22.41
2003 21.12
2004 19.83
2005 18.54
2006 17.25
2007 15.96
2008 14.67
2009 13.38
2010 12.09
2011 10.80
2012 9.51
2013 8.22
2014 6.93
2015 5.64
2016 4.35
2017 3.06
2018 1.77
2019 0.48
2020 0.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors