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Eswatini: People practicing open defecation

0.36percent · 2024-95.6% 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 Eswatini from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.359
20230.359
20220.358
20211.315
20202.285
20193.26
20184.24
20175.223
20166.211
20157.202
20148.197
20139.195
201210.198
201111.203
201012.223
200913.247
200814.277
200715.313
200616.298
200517.271
200418.241
200319.208
200220.171
200121.131
200022.088

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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