People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Croatia
Croatia: People practicing open defecation (% of population) was 0.2% in 2021. ▬ Flat
People practicing open defecation in Croatia, 2000–2021
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 0.2% for people practicing open defecation in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Croatia peaked at 0.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2021.
Croatia ranks 99th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Croatia?
- People practicing open defecation in Croatia was 0.2% in 2021, 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2021.
- How does Croatia rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Croatia ranks 99th out of 214 countries with data for 2021.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Croatia 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.