World Bank · Health

Saudi Arabia: People practicing open defecation, rural

0.59percent · 2024

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 Saudi Arabia from 2016 to 2024.

20162024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.59
20230.59
20220.59
20210.59
20200.59
20190.59
20180.59
20170.59
20160.59

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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