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Lesotho: People practicing open defecation, rural

19.70percent · 2024-42.6% 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
202419.702
202321.165
202222.627
202124.089
202025.552
201927.014
201828.477
201729.939
201631.401
201532.864
201434.326
201335.789
201237.251
201138.713
201040.176
200941.638
200843.101
200744.563
200646.025
200547.488
200448.95
200350.413
200251.875
200153.337
200054.8

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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