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South Sudan: People practicing open defecation, rural

75.40percent · 2024-2.3% 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 South Sudan from 2011 to 2024.

20112024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202475.403
202375.403
202275.403
202175.62
202075.838
201976.055
201876.272
201776.489
201676.706
201576.924
201477.141
201377.358
201277.575
201177.792

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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