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Malaysia: People practicing open defecation

0.35percent · 2016-62.7% since 2006

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 Malaysia from 2000 to 2016.

20002016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20160.348
20150.354
20140.361
20130.367
20120.374
20110.459
20100.547
20090.639
20080.733
20070.831
20060.932
20051.036
20041.144
20031.254
20021.368
20011.485
20001.605

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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