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Ghana: People practicing open defecation, rural

30.76percent · 2024+0.7% 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
202430.755
202330.735
202230.716
202130.696
202030.676
201930.656
201830.636
201730.616
201630.596
201530.576
201430.556
201330.536
201230.516
201130.496
201030.476
200930.456
200830.436
200730.416
200630.396
200530.376
200430.356
200330.337
200230.317
200130.297
200030.277

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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