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Türkiye: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.01percent · 2024-89.3% 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
20240.006
20230.006
20220.006
20210.006
20200.006
20190.014
20180.022
20170.03
20160.038
20150.046
20140.054
20130.062
20120.07
20110.078
20100.086
20090.094
20080.102
20070.11
20060.118
20050.126
20040.134
20030.142
20020.15
20010.158
20000.158

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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