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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Zambia was 19.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 40.84 in 2000, while its lowest value was 19.06 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 40.84
2001 39.75
2002 38.66
2003 37.57
2004 36.48
2005 35.40
2006 34.31
2007 33.22
2008 32.13
2009 31.04
2010 29.95
2011 28.86
2012 27.77
2013 26.68
2014 25.59
2015 24.50
2016 23.42
2017 22.33
2018 21.24
2019 20.15
2020 19.06

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors