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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Tonga was 0.073 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.085 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.073 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 0.085
2001 0.085
2002 0.085
2003 0.085
2004 0.085
2005 0.084
2006 0.083
2007 0.082
2008 0.082
2009 0.081
2010 0.080
2011 0.080
2012 0.079
2013 0.078
2014 0.077
2015 0.077
2016 0.076
2017 0.075
2018 0.075
2019 0.074
2020 0.073

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors