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Philippines: People practicing open defecation, rural

3.25percent · 2024-61.8% 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 Philippines from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20243.25
20233.776
20224.302
20214.828
20205.354
20195.88
20186.406
20176.932
20167.458
20157.985
20148.511
20139.037
20129.563
201110.089
201010.615
200911.141
200811.667
200712.193
200612.719
200513.246
200413.772
200314.298
200214.824
200115.35
200015.35

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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