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Ethiopia: People practicing open defecation

16.23percent · 2024-58.2% 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 Ethiopia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.232
202318.426
202220.636
202122.861
202025.102
201927.357
201829.626
201731.909
201634.204
201536.514
201438.835
201341.17
201243.515
201145.88
201048.256
200950.643
200853.04
200755.449
200657.784
200560.117
200462.456
200364.8
200267.151
200169.507
200071.868

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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