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Algeria: People practicing open defecation

0.04percent · 2024-97.1% 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 Algeria from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.039
20230.038
20220.038
20210.038
20200.063
20190.097
20180.327
20170.564
20160.811
20151.066
20141.33
20131.604
20121.889
20112.183
20102.488
20092.805
20083.133
20073.473
20063.824
20054.187
20044.561
20034.947
20025.345
20015.755
20006.177

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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