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Niger: People practicing open defecation, rural

78.07percent · 2024-7.1% 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 Niger from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202478.069
202378.666
202279.263
202179.86
202080.457
201981.055
201881.652
201782.249
201682.846
201583.443
201484.04
201384.638
201285.235
201185.832
201086.429
200987.026
200887.624
200788.221
200688.818
200589.415
200490.012
200390.61
200291.207
200191.804
200092.401

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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