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Malaysia: People practicing open defecation, urban

0percent · 2024-100.0% 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 Malaysia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190
20180.086
20170.086
20160.086
20150.086
20140.086
20130.086
20120.086
20110.118
20100.15
20090.182
20080.214
20070.246
20060.278
20050.309
20040.341
20030.373
20020.405
20010.437
20000.469

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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