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Jordan: People practicing open defecation

0.05percent · 2024-43.4% 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 Jordan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.053
20230.056
20220.06
20210.063
20200.067
20190.071
20180.075
20170.08
20160.084
20150.089
20140.094
20130.103
20120.113
20110.124
20100.136
20090.15
20080.166
20070.183
20060.202
20050.223
20040.243
20030.252
20020.261
20010.27
20000.279

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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