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Colombia: People practicing open defecation

2.09percent · 2024-51.0% 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 Colombia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20242.092
20232.289
20222.49
20212.696
20202.906
20193.121
20183.34
20173.564
20163.793
20154.028
20144.267
20134.511
20124.761
20115.017
20105.277
20095.544
20085.816
20076.094
20066.378
20056.668
20046.964
20037.266
20027.574
20017.888
20008.209

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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