People practicing open defecation, rural
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 171
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
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Produced by
World Health Organization
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08-25
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UNICEF
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: washdata.org, note: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2024 | 15.36 | percent |
| Albania | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Algeria | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Andorra | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Armenia | 2024 | 0.03 | percent |
| Austria | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2024 | 0.06 | percent |
| Bangladesh | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Belarus | 2024 | 0 | percent |
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