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Moldova, Republic of: People practicing open defecation

0.13percent · 2024-1.9% 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 Moldova, Republic of from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.132
20230.132
20220.133
20210.133
20200.133
20190.134
20180.134
20170.134
20160.134
20150.134
20140.134
20130.125
20120.115
20110.105
20100.096
20090.086
20080.076
20070.067
20060.057
20050.048
20040.038
20030.028
20020.019
20010.009
20000

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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