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Botswana: People practicing open defecation

5.43percent · 2024-49.6% 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 Botswana from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20245.425
20235.878
20226.347
20216.834
20207.337
20197.859
20188.4
20178.96
20169.54
201510.139
201410.756
201311.391
201212.045
201112.744
201013.623
200914.539
200815.491
200716.481
200617.506
200518.191
200418.884
200319.588
200220.302
200121.044
200021.929

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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