People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Zambia
Zambia: People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 was 0.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Zambia, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Measured in highest.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 0.3% for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Zambia peaked at 0.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
That places Zambia 27th out of 97 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 in Zambia, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 8 |
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More health data for Zambia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7971 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,894 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0012 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0006 units per person (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2018)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Zambia?
- People practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 in Zambia was 0.3% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5?
- Zambia ranks 27th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q5 rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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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