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Comoros: People practicing open defecation

1.81percent · 2024+36.9% 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 Comoros from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.81
20231.763
20221.715
20211.667
20201.619
20191.57
20181.521
20171.472
20161.422
20151.372
20141.322
20131.272
20121.222
20111.171
20101.12
20091.07
20081.019
20070.968
20060.917
20050.865
20040.814
20030.763
20020.712
20010.661
20000.61

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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