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Burundi: People practicing open defecation, rural

2.28percent · 2024-5.3% 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 Burundi from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20242.277
20232.277
20222.277
20212.293
20202.309
20192.325
20182.341
20172.357
20162.372
20152.388
20142.404
20132.42
20122.436
20112.452
20102.468
20092.484
20082.499
20072.515
20062.531
20052.547
20042.563
20032.579
20022.595
20012.611
20002.627

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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