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Central African Republic: People practicing open defecation, rural

38.85percent · 2024+4.5% 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
202438.846
202338.846
202238.846
202138.846
202038.609
201938.373
201838.136
201737.899
201637.662
201537.425
201437.188
201336.952
201236.715
201136.478
201036.241
200936.004
200835.768
200735.531
200635.294
200535.057
200434.82
200334.583
200234.347
200134.11
200033.873

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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