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Liberia: People practicing open defecation, rural

57.52percent · 2024-11.1% 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
202457.517
202358.234
202258.952
202159.669
202060.386
201961.104
201861.821
201762.539
201663.256
201563.974
201464.691
201365.409
201266.126
201166.843
201067.561
200968.278
200868.996
200769.713
200670.431
200571.148
200471.866
200372.583
200273.301
200174.018
200074.735

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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