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Afghanistan: People practicing open defecation, rural

15.36percent · 2024-28.0% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202415.359
202315.957
202216.555
202117.153
202017.752
201918.35
201818.948
201719.546
201620.144
201520.742
201421.34
201321.938
201222.536
201123.134
201023.732
200924.33
200824.928
200725.527
200626.125
200526.723
200427.321
200327.919
200228.517
200129.115
200029.115

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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