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Djibouti: People practicing open defecation

15.88percent · 2023-9.6% since 2013

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 Djibouti from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202315.881
202215.987
202116.087
202016.182
201916.272
201816.5
201716.723
201616.94
201517.152
201417.36
201317.561
201217.757
201117.947
201018.132
200918.31
200818.483
200718.656
200618.83
200519.003
200419.176
200319.205
200219.235
200119.264
200019.293

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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