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Cambodia: People practicing open defecation, rural

7.09percent · 2024-84.6% 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
20247.087
202310.984
202214.881
202118.777
202022.674
201926.571
201830.467
201734.364
201638.261
201542.157
201446.054
201349.951
201253.847
201157.744
201061.64
200965.537
200869.434
200773.33
200677.227
200581.124
200485.02
200388.917
200292.814
200196.71
2000100

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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