People practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: People practicing open defecation, rural was 0.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine, State of, 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, State of 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, State of peaked at 1.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2023.
Palestine, State of 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 in Palestine, State of, 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% |
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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine, State of?
- People practicing open defecation, rural in Palestine, State of 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, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2023.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Palestine, State of ranks 82nd out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.