Tonga - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Tonga was 0.017 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.242 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.017 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 0.242
2001 0.242
2002 0.242
2003 0.242
2004 0.242
2005 0.226
2006 0.209
2007 0.192
2008 0.176
2009 0.160
2010 0.143
2011 0.127
2012 0.110
2013 0.094
2014 0.077
2015 0.061
2016 0.045
2017 0.028
2018 0.017
2019 0.017
2020 0.017

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors