Timor-Leste - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Timor-Leste was 18.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 42.13 in 2002, while its lowest value was 18.22 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
2002 42.13
2003 40.61
2004 39.09
2005 37.57
2006 36.06
2007 34.55
2008 33.04
2009 31.53
2010 30.01
2011 28.50
2012 26.99
2013 25.48
2014 23.96
2015 22.45
2016 20.94
2017 19.52
2018 18.41
2019 18.31
2020 18.22

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors