Turkmenistan - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Turkmenistan was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.573 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2017.

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 0.573
2001 0.432
2002 0.405
2003 0.378
2004 0.352
2005 0.325
2006 0.299
2007 0.273
2008 0.247
2009 0.221
2010 0.195
2011 0.170
2012 0.145
2013 0.120
2014 0.096
2015 0.071
2016 0.048
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors