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Zambia: People practicing open defecation, rural

3.25percent · 2024-83.8% 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
20243.25
20234.932
20226.615
20218.298
20209.98
201911.663
201813.346
201715.028
201616.711
201518.394
201420.076
201321.759
201223.442
201125.124
201026.807
200928.49
200830.173
200731.855
200633.538
200535.221
200436.903
200338.586
200240.269
200141.951
200043.634

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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