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Yemen: People practicing open defecation

4.90percent · 2024-70.2% 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 Yemen from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.902
20235.981
20227.077
20218.191
20209.323
201910.473
201811.64
201712.824
201614.026
201515.244
201416.478
201317.729
201218.995
201120.277
201021.574
200922.886
200824.212
200725.552
200626.907
200528.275
200429.655
200331.05
200232.457
200132.662
200032.864

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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