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Oman: People practicing open defecation, urban

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 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190
20180
20170
20160
20150
20140
20130.066
20120.12
20110.174
20100.228
20090.282
20080.336
20070.39
20060.443
20050.497
20040.497
20030.497
20020.497
20010.497
20000.497

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

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