Zimbabwe - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Zimbabwe was 23.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 30.68 in 2000, while its lowest value was 23.50 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 30.68
2001 30.51
2002 29.93
2003 29.57
2004 29.24
2005 28.91
2006 28.57
2007 28.23
2008 27.90
2009 27.56
2010 27.22
2011 26.88
2012 26.53
2013 26.19
2014 25.83
2015 25.46
2016 25.08
2017 24.69
2018 24.29
2019 23.87
2020 23.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors