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Congo: People practicing open defecation, urban

1.54percent · 2021-23.4% 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
20211.545
20201.545
20191.545
20181.545
20171.545
20161.623
20151.702
20141.781
20131.859
20121.938
20112.017
20102.095
20092.174
20082.253
20072.331
20062.41
20052.489
20042.567
20032.646
20022.725
20012.803
20002.803

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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