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Mozambique: People practicing open defecation, rural

23.53percent · 2024-46.6% 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
202423.528
202325.583
202227.638
202129.693
202031.747
201933.802
201835.857
201737.912
201639.967
201542.021
201444.076
201346.131
201248.186
201150.241
201052.296
200954.35
200856.405
200758.46
200660.515
200562.57
200464.624
200366.679
200268.734
200170.789
200072.844

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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