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Cambodia: People practicing open defecation

5.24percent · 2024-86.4% 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 Cambodia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20245.242
20238.175
202211.271
202114.633
202018.015
201921.416
201824.835
201728.272
201631.726
201535.198
201438.687
201342.194
201245.717
201149.256
201052.812
200956.383
200859.969
200763.471
200666.96
200570.455
200473.955
200377.46
200280.971
200184.487
200087.515

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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