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Oman: People practicing open defecation

0percent · 2024

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 Oman from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190
20180
20170
20160
20150
20140
20130.243
20120.611
20111.018
20101.444
20091.868
20082.307
20072.761
20063.231
20053.717
20043.784
20033.821
20023.819
20013.816

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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