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Eritrea: People practicing open defecation

67.00percent · 2016-10.9% since 2006

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 Eritrea from 2000 to 2016.

20002016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201667.004
201567.35
201467.694
201368.034
201268.373
201169.438
201070.502
200971.564
200872.625
200773.912
200675.191
200576.465
200477.732
200378.992
200280.246
200181.491
200082.729

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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