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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in South Sudan was 73.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 77.81 in 2011, while its lowest value was 73.31 in 2019.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2011 77.81
2012 77.24
2013 76.68
2014 76.12
2015 75.56
2016 74.99
2017 74.43
2018 73.87
2019 73.31
2020 73.31

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors