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Maldives: People practicing open defecation

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 Maldives from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190.003
20180.004
20170.004
20160.004
20150.004
20140.005
20130.846
20121.778
20112.723
20103.68
20094.649
20085.629
20076.622
20067.627
20058.727
20049.89
200311.086
200212.314
200113.573
200014.86

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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