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Burkina Faso: People practicing open defecation

29.87percent · 2024-36.9% 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 Burkina Faso from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202429.872
202331.526
202233.203
202134.9
202036.618
201938.355
201840.113
201741.889
201643.684
201545.498
201447.33
201349.177
201251.041
201152.92
201054.815
200956.724
200858.646
200760.584
200662.623
200564.789
200466.967
200369.16
200271.361
200173.573
200074.119

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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