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Sudan: People practicing open defecation

16.39percent · 2024-49.2% 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 Sudan from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.386
202317.967
202219.552
202121.139
202022.728
201924.319
201825.91
201727.5
201629.09
201530.679
201432.265
201333.848
201235.427
201137.003
201038.574
200940.139
200841.698
200743.25
200644.804
200546.358
200447.914
200347.936
200247.959
200147.981
200048.004

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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