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Nigeria: People practicing open defecation

17.96percent · 2024-13.7% 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 Nigeria from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.957
202318.137
202218.441
202118.743
202019.044
201919.343
201819.64
201719.934
201620.226
201520.515
201420.801
201321.084
201221.364
201121.639
201021.911
200922.179
200822.44
200722.695
200622.943
200523.185
200423.421
200323.65
200223.873
200124.089
200024.298

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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