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Namibia: People practicing open defecation, rural

53.52percent · 2024-17.1% 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 Namibia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202453.517
202354.619
202255.72
202156.821
202057.923
201959.024
201860.126
201761.227
201662.328
201563.43
201464.531
201365.632
201266.734
201167.835
201068.937
200970.038
200871.139
200772.241
200673.342
200574.443
200475.545
200376.646
200277.748
200178.849
200079.95

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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