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Niger: People practicing open defecation

65.98percent · 2024-9.2% 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 Niger from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202465.985
202366.708
202267.419
202168.118
202068.804
201969.479
201870.142
201770.793
201671.434
201572.062
201472.68
201373.287
201273.882
201174.478
201075.073
200975.669
200876.265
200776.86
200677.455
200578.051
200478.646
200379.242
200279.838
200180.433
200081.083

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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