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Bolivia, Plurinational State of: People practicing open defecation

7.09percent · 2024-56.9% 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 Bolivia, Plurinational State of from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20247.094
20237.648
20228.213
20218.828
20209.901
201910.98
201812.065
201713.156
201614.251
201515.354
201416.463
201317.58
201218.717
201119.883
201021.058
200922.242
200823.435
200724.639
200625.851
200527.074
200428.305
200329.546
200230.797
200132.062
200033.357

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

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