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Timor-Leste: People practicing open defecation, rural

11.74percent · 2024-60.5% 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 Timor-Leste from 2002 to 2024.

20022024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202411.737
202313.535
202215.332
202117.129
202018.926
201920.723
201822.52
201724.317
201626.115
201527.912
201429.709
201331.506
201233.303
201135.1
201036.898
200938.695
200840.492
200742.289
200644.086
200545.883
200447.68
200349.478
200251.275

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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