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North Macedonia: People practicing open defecation, rural

0.27percent · 2024-51.8% 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
20240.268
20230.268
20220.268
20210.268
20200.309
20190.35
20180.391
20170.432
20160.473
20150.514
20140.555
20130.596
20120.637
20110.678
20100.719
20090.76
20080.801
20070.842
20060.883
20050.924
20040.965
20030.965
20020.965
20010.965
20000.965

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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