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Benin: People practicing open defecation, rural

65.15percent · 2024-12.6% 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 Benin from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202465.146
202366.081
202267.017
202167.952
202068.887
201969.823
201870.758
201771.693
201672.628
201573.564
201474.499
201375.434
201276.369
201177.305
201078.24
200979.175
200880.111
200781.046
200681.981
200582.916
200483.852
200384.787
200285.722
200186.657
200087.593

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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