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Senegal: People practicing open defecation, rural

11.28percent · 2024-50.8% 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
202411.281
202312.445
202213.608
202114.772
202015.935
201917.099
201818.262
201719.426
201620.589
201521.753
201422.917
201324.08
201225.244
201126.407
201027.571
200928.734
200829.898
200731.061
200632.225
200533.389
200434.552
200335.716
200236.879
200138.043
200039.206

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

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