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Gambia: People practicing open defecation

0.05percent · 2024-97.1% 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 Gambia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.048
20230.071
20220.092
20210.224
20200.41
20190.602
20180.798
20171
20161.208
20151.421
20141.641
20131.866
20122.097
20112.334
20102.577
20092.825
20083.08
20073.341
20063.607
20053.88
20044.158
20034.443
20024.744
20015.055
20005.373

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

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