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Zimbabwe: People practicing open defecation, rural

18.76percent · 2024-40.8% 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 Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202418.755
202320.047
202221.339
202122.63
202023.922
201925.214
201826.505
201727.797
201629.089
201530.381
201431.672
201332.964
201234.256
201135.547
201036.839
200938.131
200839.423
200740.714
200642.006
200543.298
200444.589
200345.881
200247.173
200148.465
200048.465

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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