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Senegal: People practicing open defecation

6.14percent · 2024-54.3% 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 Senegal from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.144
20236.833
20227.532
20218.24
20208.958
20199.684
201810.418
201711.161
201611.912
201512.671
201413.437
201314.21
201214.992
201115.782
201016.581
200917.389
200818.204
200719.029
200619.862
200520.704
200421.553
200322.411
200223.239
200124.021
200024.807

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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