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Zimbabwe: People practicing open defecation

12.63percent · 2024-41.9% 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 Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202412.628
202313.528
202214.441
202115.379
202016.312
201917.239
201818.158
201719.07
201619.973
201520.865
201421.746
201322.614
201223.469
201124.32
201025.166
200926.008
200826.846
200727.679
200628.508
200529.332
200430.152
200330.967
200231.813
200132.894
200033.082

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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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 2026-11-05.

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