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Mongolia: People practicing open defecation, rural

13.69percent · 2024-48.1% 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
202413.688
202314.959
202216.23
202117.501
202018.772
201920.043
201821.314
201722.585
201623.856
201525.126
201426.397
201327.668
201228.939
201130.21
201031.481
200932.752
200834.023
200735.294
200636.565
200537.836
200439.107
200340.378
200241.649
200142.92
200044.191

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

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