People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: People practicing open defecation (% of population) was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Azerbaijan, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Azerbaijan recorded 0.0% for people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.4% on the previous year and down 77.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Azerbaijan peaked at 0.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
That places Azerbaijan 122nd out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -52.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -12.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -13.4% |
Azerbaijan compared with similar countries
- Azerbaijan's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 10% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Azerbaijan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -52.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
More health data for Azerbaijan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.1127 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 264 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -3.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0286 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -4.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.032 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Azerbaijan?
- People practicing open defecation in Azerbaijan was 0.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Azerbaijan ranks 122nd out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Azerbaijan data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.