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Lesotho: People practicing open defecation

14.76percent · 2024-44.9% 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 Lesotho from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.762
202315.92
202217.089
202118.268
202019.456
201920.654
201821.86
201723.075
201624.297
201525.529
201426.77
201328.02
201229.279
201130.547
201031.864
200933.192
200834.529
200735.877
200637.234
200538.638
200440.051
200341.476
200242.908
200144.35
200045.8

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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