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Liberia: People practicing open defecation

33.92percent · 2024-20.5% 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 Liberia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202433.924
202334.813
202235.699
202136.582
202037.463
201938.339
201839.213
201740.083
201640.949
201541.811
201442.67
201343.524
201244.375
201145.221
201046.064
200946.902
200847.735
200748.564
200649.394
200550.224
200451.055
200351.886
200252.718
200153.55
200054.382

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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