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Nepal: People practicing open defecation, rural

0percent · 2024-100.0% 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
20233.027
20226.19
20219.354
202012.517
201915.681
201818.844
201722.008
201625.172
201528.335
201431.499
201334.662
201237.826
201140.989
201044.153
200947.316
200850.48
200753.643
200656.807
200559.97
200463.134
200366.298
200269.461
200172.625
200075.788

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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