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Colombia: People practicing open defecation, rural

9.90percent · 2024-40.6% 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 Colombia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20249.905
202310.582
202211.26
202111.938
202012.615
201913.293
201813.97
201714.648
201615.326
201516.003
201416.681
201317.358
201218.036
201118.714
201019.391
200920.069
200820.746
200721.424
200622.102
200522.779
200423.457
200324.135
200224.812
200125.49
200026.167

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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