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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Turkey was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.160 in 2001, 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 0.160
2001 0.160
2002 0.151
2003 0.143
2004 0.135
2005 0.127
2006 0.118
2007 0.110
2008 0.102
2009 0.093
2010 0.085
2011 0.077
2012 0.068
2013 0.060
2014 0.052
2015 0.043
2016 0.035
2017 0.027
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors