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Kenya: People practicing open defecation

5.91percent · 2024-42.7% 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 Kenya from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20245.914
20236.34
20226.769
20217.201
20207.637
20198.076
20188.519
20178.964
20169.413
20159.864
201410.317
201310.774
201211.233
201111.694
201012.157
200912.622
200813.09
200713.561
200614.034
200514.51
200414.988
200315.469
200215.952
200116.437
200016.924

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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