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Ethiopia: People practicing open defecation, rural

20.44percent · 2024-55.1% 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
202420.438
202322.948
202225.459
202127.969
202030.479
201932.99
201835.5
201738.011
201640.521
201543.031
201445.542
201348.052
201250.563
201153.073
201055.583
200958.094
200860.604
200763.115
200665.625
200568.136
200470.646
200373.156
200275.667
200178.177
200080.688

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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