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Liberia: People practicing open defecation, urban

13.89percent · 2024-30.9% 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 Liberia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202413.888
202314.51
202215.133
202115.755
202016.377
201917
201817.622
201718.244
201618.867
201519.489
201420.111
201320.733
201221.356
201121.978
201022.6
200923.223
200823.845
200724.467
200625.09
200525.712
200426.334
200326.956
200227.579
200128.201
200028.823

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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