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Türkiye: People practicing open defecation

0.14percent · 2024-48.6% 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 Türkiye from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.14
20230.143
20220.146
20210.149
20200.151
20190.171
20180.19
20170.21
20160.231
20150.252
20140.273
20130.295
20120.318
20110.341
20100.364
20090.388
20080.412
20070.437
20060.462
20050.488
20040.514
20030.54
20020.568
20010.595
20000.603

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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