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Mozambique: People practicing open defecation

16.04percent · 2024-52.0% 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 Mozambique from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.038
202317.718
202219.41
202121.115
202022.833
201924.563
201826.305
201728.058
201629.823
201531.601
201433.391
201335.192
201237.005
201138.829
201040.665
200942.512
200844.369
200746.227
200647.978
200549.734
200451.493
200353.257
200255.026
200156.798
200058.575

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

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