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Mali: People practicing open defecation

3.87percent · 2024-59.3% 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 Mali from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20243.867
20234.377
20224.899
20215.433
20205.978
20196.536
20187.106
20177.688
20168.283
20158.889
20149.508
201310.14
201210.783
201111.438
201012.106
200912.785
200813.476
200714.178
200614.89
200515.612
200416.343
200317.084
200217.834
200118.593
200019.36

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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