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Sierra Leone: People practicing open defecation

15.35percent · 2024-21.5% 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 Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202415.348
202315.765
202216.183
202116.602
202017.021
201917.441
201817.862
201718.283
201618.704
201519.125
201419.549
201319.975
201220.403
201120.833
201021.265
200921.7
200822.137
200722.575
200623.016
200523.459
200423.887
200324.296
200224.705
200125.116
200025.529

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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