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North Macedonia: People practicing open defecation

0.11percent · 2024-54.7% 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 North Macedonia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.107
20230.108
20220.109
20210.11
20200.128
20190.146
20180.164
20170.182
20160.201
20150.219
20140.237
20130.255
20120.273
20110.291
20100.308
20090.326
20080.343
20070.36
20060.376
20050.392
20040.408
20030.406
20020.404
20010.402
20000.4

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

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