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Cabo Verde: People practicing open defecation

3.42percent · 2024-84.4% 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 Cabo Verde from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20243.419
20235.21
20227.011
20218.824
202010.648
201912.484
201814.332
201716.192
201618.065
201519.95
201421.848
201323.758
201225.68
201127.615
201029.563
200931.605
200833.672
200735.761
200637.87
200540.001
200442.152
200344.326
200246.52
200148.736
200050.973

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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