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Madagascar: People practicing open defecation

27.01percent · 2024-21.0% 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 Madagascar from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202427.006
202327.7
202228.399
202129.104
202029.813
201930.528
201831.247
201731.971
201632.7
201533.433
201434.17
201334.911
201235.657
201136.406
201037.159
200937.915
200838.675
200739.438
200640.204
200540.972
200441.742
200342.415
200243.089
200143.765
200044.443

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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