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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Tonga was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.289 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2018.

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 0.289
2001 0.289
2002 0.289
2003 0.289
2004 0.289
2005 0.268
2006 0.247
2007 0.226
2008 0.205
2009 0.183
2010 0.162
2011 0.141
2012 0.120
2013 0.099
2014 0.077
2015 0.056
2016 0.035
2017 0.014
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors