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Mauritania: People practicing open defecation, rural

36.33percent · 2024-34.7% 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
202436.334
202338.262
202240.19
202142.118
202044.046
201945.974
201847.902
201749.83
201651.758
201553.686
201455.614
201357.542
201259.47
201161.398
201063.326
200965.254
200867.182
200769.11
200671.038
200572.966
200474.894
200376.822
200278.75
200180.678
200082.606

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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