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Myanmar: People practicing open defecation

6.75percent · 2024-14.9% 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 Myanmar from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.748
20236.779
20226.809
20216.838
20206.996
20197.154
20187.311
20177.467
20167.622
20157.777
20147.93
20138.083
20128.236
20118.39
20108.544
20098.699
20088.854
20079.009
20069.165
20059.322
20049.479
20039.637
20029.795
20019.953
200010.112

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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