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Jordan: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.05percent · 2024+9.3% 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
20240.048
20230.048
20220.047
20210.047
20200.047
20190.046
20180.046
20170.045
20160.045
20150.045
20140.044
20130.044
20120.043
20110.043
20100.043
20090.042
20080.042
20070.041
20060.041
20050.04
20040.04
20030.04
20020.039
20010.039
20000.038

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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