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China: People practicing open defecation, urban

0percent · 2024-100.0% 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 China from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220.164
20210.165
20200.165
20190.165
20180.166
20170.166
20160.166
20150.167
20140.167
20130.167
20120.168
20110.168
20100.168
20090.169
20080.169
20070.169
20060.17
20050.17
20040.17
20030.17
20020.17
20010.17
20000.17

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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