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Central African Republic: People practicing open defecation

24.72percent · 2024+0.1% 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 Central African Republic from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202424.721
202324.887
202225.045
202125.196
202025.148
201925.092
201825.028
201724.956
201624.877
201524.79
201424.696
201324.594
201224.484
201124.368
201024.243
200924.113
200823.974
200723.829
200623.678
200523.519
200423.354
200323.182
200223.01
200122.838
200022.665

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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