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Sudan: People practicing open defecation, rural

24.14percent · 2024-43.8% 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
202424.14
202326.022
202227.904
202129.786
202031.668
201933.55
201835.432
201737.314
201639.196
201541.078
201442.96
201344.841
201246.723
201148.605
201050.487
200952.369
200854.251
200756.133
200658.015
200559.897
200461.779
200361.779
200261.779
200161.779
200061.779

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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