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Peru: People practicing open defecation

1.92percent · 2024-76.5% 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 Peru from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.923
20232.524
20223.131
20213.744
20204.363
20194.986
20185.615
20176.248
20166.886
20157.529
20148.178
20138.832
20129.492
201110.158
201010.829
200911.506
200812.189
200712.896
200613.654
200514.426
200415.209
200316.006
200216.816
200117.639
200018.475

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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