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Mali: People practicing open defecation, rural

6.10percent · 2024-57.4% 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
20246.101
20236.922
20227.744
20218.565
20209.387
201910.208
201811.03
201711.852
201612.673
201513.495
201414.316
201315.138
201215.959
201116.781
201017.602
200918.424
200819.245
200720.067
200620.888
200521.71
200422.532
200323.353
200224.175
200124.996
200025.818

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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