People practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: People practicing open defecation, rural was 0.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia, 2016–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia is 0.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2016.
Saudi Arabia ranks 81st of 171 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.6% | — |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia?
- People practicing open defecation, rural in Saudi Arabia was 0.6% 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, rural recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 81st out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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, rural (% of rural 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.