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Yemen: People practicing open defecation, rural

7.96percent · 2024-66.7% 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
20247.963
20239.558
202211.154
202112.75
202014.345
201915.941
201817.536
201719.132
201620.728
201522.323
201423.919
201325.515
201227.11
201128.706
201030.301
200931.897
200833.493
200735.088
200636.684
200538.279
200439.875
200341.471
200243.066
200143.066
200043.066

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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