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Palestine, State of: People practicing open defecation

0.13percent · 2024-60.4% 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 Palestine, State of from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.128
20230.129
20220.141
20210.153
20200.166
20190.178
20180.206
20170.235
20160.264
20150.293
20140.322
20130.351
20120.381
20110.41
20100.439
20090.469
20080.498
20070.528
20060.558
20050.588
20040.617
20030.647
20020.678
20010.708
20000.738

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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