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Sierra Leone: People practicing open defecation, rural

24.83percent · 2024-15.6% 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
202424.827
202325.285
202225.742
202126.2
202026.657
201927.115
201827.573
201728.03
201628.488
201528.945
201429.403
201329.86
201230.318
201130.775
201031.233
200931.69
200832.148
200732.605
200633.063
200533.52
200433.978
200334.435
200234.893
200135.35
200035.808

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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