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Kenya: People practicing open defecation, rural

8.13percent · 2024-38.7% 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
20248.133
20238.645
20229.158
20219.671
202010.183
201910.696
201811.209
201711.721
201612.234
201512.747
201413.259
201313.772
201214.285
201114.797
201015.31
200915.823
200816.335
200716.848
200617.361
200517.873
200418.386
200318.899
200219.411
200119.924
200020.437

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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