People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Palestine
Palestine: People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) was 0.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
In 2024, people practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine peaked at 1.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2023.
Palestine ranks 82nd of 171 countries on this measure, 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, rural (% of rural population) in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.0%, 5% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.6% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1%, 10.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine?
- People practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2023.
- How does Palestine rank for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Palestine ranks 82nd out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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.