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Nigeria: Population practising open defecation

18percent · 2024-14.3% since 2014

Population practising open defecation (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator WSH_SANITATION_OD. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202418
202318
202218
202119
202019
201919
201820
201720
201620
201521
201421
201321
201221
201122
201022
200922
200822
200723
200623
200523
200423
200324
200224
200124
200024

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Population practising open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-wsh-sanitation-od (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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