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Zambia: People practicing open defecation

2.05percent · 2024-83.6% 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 Zambia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20242.045
20233.014
20224.002
20215.006
20206.028
20197.067
20188.123
20179.196
201610.284
201511.389
201412.509
201313.643
201214.793
201115.957
201017.135
200918.328
200819.536
200720.759
200621.996
200523.248
200424.514
200325.794
200227.089
200128.397
200029.61

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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