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Peru: People practicing open defecation, rural

7.24percent · 2024-70.6% 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
20247.238
20238.977
202210.715
202112.454
202014.193
201915.932
201817.671
201719.41
201621.149
201522.888
201424.627
201326.366
201228.105
201129.844
201031.583
200933.322
200835.06
200736.799
200638.538
200540.277
200442.016
200343.755
200245.494
200147.233
200048.972

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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