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Mauritania: People practicing open defecation

16.19percent · 2024-50.4% 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 Mauritania from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.185
202317.72
202219.279
202120.861
202022.466
201924.096
201825.751
201727.43
201629.134
201530.863
201432.617
201334.397
201236.201
201138.027
201039.872
200941.736
200843.618
200745.521
200647.441
200549.378
200451.332
200353.304
200255.292
200157.296
200059.11

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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