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Botswana: People practicing open defecation, rural

16.65percent · 2024-39.8% 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
202416.653
202317.755
202218.857
202119.96
202021.062
201922.165
201823.267
201724.369
201625.472
201526.574
201427.677
201328.779
201229.881
201130.984
201032.086
200933.189
200834.291
200735.394
200636.496
200537.598
200438.701
200339.803
200240.906
200142.008
200043.11

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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