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Benin: People practicing open defecation, urban

29.41percent · 2024-9.6% 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
202429.415
202329.725
202230.036
202130.347
202030.658
201930.969
201831.279
201731.59
201631.901
201532.212
201432.523
201332.833
201233.144
201133.455
201033.766
200934.077
200834.387
200734.698
200635.009
200535.32
200435.631
200335.941
200236.252
200136.563
200036.874

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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