People practicing open defecation, urban in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: People practicing open defecation, urban was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
People practicing open defecation, urban 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 urban population.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 0.0% for people practicing open defecation, urban in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, urban in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2019.
Palestine, State of ranks 95th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
People practicing open defecation, urban in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -20.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -34.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -51.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.0%. (44 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 0.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0%. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open defecation, urban in Palestine, State of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2018 | -51.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, urban in Palestine, State of?
- People practicing open defecation, urban in Palestine, State of 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 Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, urban recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Palestine, State of ranks 95th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, urban rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, 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.