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Nepal: People practicing open defecation

0.53percent · 2024-98.1% 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 Nepal from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.533
20233.038
20225.672
20218.327
202011.004
201913.7
201816.417
201719.153
201621.907
201524.678
201427.467
201330.272
201233.092
201135.928
201038.778
200941.643
200844.522
200747.416
200650.324
200553.244
200456.178
200359.125
200262.083
200165.054
200068.186

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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