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Gabon: People practicing open defecation

1.34percent · 2024-22.5% 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 Gabon from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.339
20231.343
20221.383
20211.423
20201.465
20191.506
20181.549
20171.592
20161.636
20151.681
20141.727
20131.774
20121.821
20111.87
20101.92
20091.97
20082.022
20072.074
20062.128
20052.182
20042.238
20032.295
20022.353
20012.412
20002.472

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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