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Ghana: People practicing open defecation

17.79percent · 2024-5.1% 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 Ghana from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.795
202317.883
202217.973
202118.065
202018.159
201918.255
201818.352
201718.452
201618.553
201518.655
201418.76
201318.865
201218.972
201119.081
201019.19
200919.301
200819.411
200719.523
200619.635
200519.747
200419.859
200319.972
200220.085
200120.199
200020.312

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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