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Philippines: People practicing open defecation, urban

1.05percent · 2024-62.3% 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
20241.045
20231.218
20221.39
20211.563
20201.735
20191.908
20182.08
20172.252
20162.425
20152.597
20142.77
20132.942
20123.114
20113.287
20103.459
20093.632
20083.804
20073.977
20064.149
20054.321
20044.494
20034.666
20024.839
20015.011
20005.011

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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