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Cameroon: People practicing open defecation

4.44percent · 2024-24.7% 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 Cameroon from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.44
20234.574
20224.711
20214.85
20204.992
20195.136
20185.283
20175.432
20165.584
20155.738
20145.894
20136.053
20126.215
20116.378
20106.544
20096.712
20086.883
20077.055
20067.23
20057.407
20047.586
20037.767
20027.951
20018.136
20008.324

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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