People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Indonesia
Indonesia: People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 was 0.6% in 2017. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Indonesia, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Measured in highest.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 0.6% for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.2% on the previous year and down 76.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Indonesia peaked at 3.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2017.
Indonesia ranks 20th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% | — |
| 2001 | 3.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -14.0% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -24.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 17 Central African Republic 0.8% compare
- 18 Mozambique 0.8% compare
- 19 Haiti 0.6% compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6% compare
- 22 Malawi 0.5% compare
- 23 Congo 0.4% compare
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4924 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,286 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 16,463 deaths (2100)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 3,919 (2025)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 254 (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 36,590 (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Indonesia?
- People practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Indonesia was 0.6% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
- How does Indonesia rank for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5?
- Indonesia ranks 20th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 (highest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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