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Niger: People practicing open defecation, urban

7.94percent · 2024-43.3% 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
20247.944
20238.55
20229.155
20219.76
202010.366
201910.971
201811.577
201712.182
201612.788
201513.393
201413.999
201314.604
201215.21
201115.815
201016.421
200917.026
200817.632
200718.237
200618.843
200519.448
200420.054
200320.659
200221.265
200121.87
200022.476

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

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