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Viet Nam: People practicing open defecation

0percent · 2024-100.0% 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 Viet Nam from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220.088
20210.657
20201.246
20191.94
20182.643
20173.356
20164.078
20154.808
20145.548
20136.295
20127.051
20117.816
20108.588
20099.368
200810.155
200710.949
200611.75
200512.558
200413.373
200314.194
200215.022
200115.857
200016.697

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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