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Algeria: People practicing open defecation, rural

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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
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190.034
20180.782
20171.53
20162.278
20153.026
20143.774
20134.522
20125.27
20116.017
20106.765
20097.513
20088.261
20079.009
20069.757
200510.505
200411.253
200312.001
200212.749
200113.497
200014.245

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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