Sudan - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Sudan was 24.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 50.93 in 2000, while its lowest value was 24.01 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 50.93
2001 50.91
2002 50.89
2003 50.87
2004 50.85
2005 48.66
2006 46.48
2007 44.30
2008 42.11
2009 39.92
2010 37.73
2011 35.52
2012 33.31
2013 31.09
2014 28.87
2015 26.63
2016 24.40
2017 24.31
2018 24.22
2019 24.12
2020 24.01

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors