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Eritrea: People practicing open defecation, rural

88.65percent · 2016-5.0% 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
201688.65
201588.65
201488.65
201388.65
201288.65
201189.425
201090.2
200990.975
200891.75
200792.525
200693.3
200594.075
200494.85
200395.625
200296.4
200197.175
200097.95

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

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