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Côte d'Ivoire: People practicing open defecation

16.69percent · 2024-33.3% 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 Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.694
202317.488
202218.291
202119.103
202019.924
201920.755
201821.593
201722.44
201623.295
201524.157
201425.027
201325.903
201226.789
201127.685
201028.591
200929.506
200830.431
200731.365
200632.31
200533.263
200434.226
200335.199
200236.18
200137.171
200038.171

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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