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India: People practicing open defecation

6.73percent · 2024-79.8% 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 India from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.733
20239.038
202211.66
202114.316
202017.005
201919.714
201822.402
201725.106
201627.826
201530.561
201433.31
201336.073
201238.848
201141.635
201044.434
200947.246
200850.074
200752.916
200655.772
200558.642
200461.526
200364.424
200267.335
200170.26
200073.151

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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