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Pakistan: People practicing open defecation, rural

12.96percent · 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 Pakistan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.961
202314.352
202215.743
202117.134
202018.525
201919.915
201821.306
201722.697
201624.088
201525.479
201426.87
201328.261
201229.651
201131.042
201032.433
200933.824
200835.215
200736.606
200637.997
200539.387
200440.778
200342.169
200242.169
200142.169
200042.169

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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