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Somalia: People practicing open defecation

14.44percent · 2024-53.6% 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 Somalia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.445
202316.011
202217.6
202119.212
202020.847
201922.505
201824.185
201725.886
201627.609
201529.354
201431.119
201332.904
201234.711
201136.54
201038.987
200941.488
200844.038
200746.638
200646.691
200548.821
200450.976
200353.16
200255.368
200157.329
200059.303

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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