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Tajikistan: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.22percent · 2023-49.6% since 2013

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 Tajikistan from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20230.22
20220.22
20210.244
20200.269
20190.293
20180.317
20170.341
20160.365
20150.389
20140.413
20130.437
20120.461
20110.486
20100.51
20090.534
20080.558
20070.582
20060.606
20050.63
20040.654
20030.678
20020.702
20010.727
20000.751

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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