People practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics
Central Europe and the Baltics: People practicing open defecation, urban was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics is 0.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics peaked at 0.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2022.
Central Europe and the Baltics ranks 44th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -20.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Europe and the Baltics
- 41 Gabon 1.2% compare
- 42 Indonesia 1.2% compare
- 43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.2% compare
- 44 Honduras 1.1% compare
- 45 Comoros 1.1% compare
- 46 Dominican Republic 1.1% compare
- 47 Philippines 1.0% compare
More health data for Central Europe and the Baltics
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -4.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0352 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -1.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0319 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate -3.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- People practicing open defecation, urban in Central Europe and the Baltics 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, urban recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, urban recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- How does Central Europe and the Baltics rank for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Central Europe and the Baltics ranks 44th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, urban rising or falling in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central Europe and the Baltics 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, urban (% of urban 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.