People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Yemen
Yemen: People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 was 2.4% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Yemen, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Measured in highest.
Analysis
In 2017, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Yemen stood at 2.4%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 107.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Yemen peaked at 2.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2000.
Yemen ranks 9th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Yemen, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +22.6% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | +18.4% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 8 |
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More health data for Yemen
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9,603 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 75-79, female, annual growth rate 0.2389 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0027 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 0.139 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0019 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Yemen?
- People practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Yemen was 2.4% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2000.
- How does Yemen rank for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5?
- Yemen ranks 9th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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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