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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in World was 13.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 37.12 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.52 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 37.12
2001 36.07
2002 34.96
2003 33.93
2004 32.89
2005 31.80
2006 30.67
2007 29.54
2008 28.39
2009 27.22
2010 26.02
2011 24.92
2012 23.67
2013 22.40
2014 21.11
2015 19.83
2016 18.51
2017 17.36
2018 16.06
2019 14.78
2020 13.52

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors