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Saudi Arabia: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.04percent · 20240.0% 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 Saudi Arabia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.045
20230.045
20220.045
20210.045
20200.045
20190.045
20180.045
20170.045
20160.045
20150.045
20140.045
20130.045
20120.045
20110.045
20100.045
20090.045
20080.045
20070.045
20060.045
20050.045
20040.045
20030.045
20020.045
20010.045
20000.045

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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