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Syrian Arab Republic: People practicing open defecation

0.68percent · 2016-42.4% since 2006

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 Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2016.

20002016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20160.682
20150.691
20140.7
20130.686
20120.673
20110.745
20100.813
20090.904
20080.996
20071.089
20061.184
20051.281
20041.378
20031.478
20021.579
20011.681
20001.784

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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