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Madagascar: People practicing open defecation, rural

36.53percent · 2024-16.0% 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
202436.525
202337.222
202237.919
202138.616
202039.313
201940.01
201840.707
201741.403
201642.1
201542.797
201443.494
201344.191
201244.888
201145.585
201046.282
200946.979
200847.676
200748.372
200649.069
200549.766
200450.463
200351.16
200251.857
200152.554
200053.251

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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