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Mauritania: Population practising open defecation

16percent · 2024-51.5% since 2014

Population practising open defecation (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator WSH_SANITATION_OD. Annual figures for Mauritania from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416
202318
202219
202121
202022
201924
201826
201727
201629
201531
201433
201334
201236
201138
201040
200942
200844
200746
200647
200549
200451
200353
200255
200157
200059

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Population practising open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-wsh-sanitation-od (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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