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Congo: People practicing open defecation

8.35percent · 2021-3.7% since 2011

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 Congo from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20218.354
20208.451
20198.549
20188.647
20178.745
20168.745
20158.741
20148.732
20138.718
20128.699
20118.676
20108.647
20098.614
20088.575
20078.532
20068.484
20058.431
20048.374
20038.313
20028.247
20018.176
20008.237

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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