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Mongolia: People practicing open defecation

4.30percent · 2024-51.7% 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 Mongolia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.304
20234.762
20225.222
20215.683
20206.144
20196.606
20187.068
20177.528
20167.986
20158.446
20148.908
20139.371
20129.837
201110.303
201010.872
200911.638
200812.431
200713.255
200614.108
200514.99
200415.901
200316.843
200217.815
200118.815
200019.845

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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