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Rwanda: People practicing open defecation

1.12percent · 2024-46.2% 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 Rwanda from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.124
20231.227
20221.322
20211.418
20201.514
20191.61
20181.706
20171.801
20161.897
20151.993
20142.088
20132.183
20122.278
20112.373
20102.468
20092.563
20082.658
20072.753
20062.848
20052.943
20043.038
20033.133
20023.231
20013.345
20003.46

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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