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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Sudan was 36.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 63.94 in 2004, while its lowest value was 36.18 in 2016.

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
2000 63.94
2001 63.94
2002 63.94
2003 63.94
2004 63.94
2005 61.63
2006 59.31
2007 57.00
2008 54.69
2009 52.37
2010 50.06
2011 47.74
2012 45.43
2013 43.12
2014 40.80
2015 38.49
2016 36.18
2017 36.18
2018 36.18
2019 36.18
2020 36.18

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors