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Namibia: People practicing open defecation

34.68percent · 2024-19.9% 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 Namibia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202434.678
202335.394
202236.14
202136.919
202037.729
201938.571
201839.446
201740.354
201641.296
201542.271
201443.279
201344.312
201245.369
201146.449
201047.538
200948.649
200849.78
200750.934
200652.106
200553.298
200454.507
200355.735
200256.979
200158.2
200059.222

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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