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Eswatini: People practicing open defecation, urban

1.44percent · 2024-7.3% 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 Eswatini from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.436
20231.447
20221.459
20211.47
20201.481
20191.493
20181.504
20171.516
20161.527
20151.538
20141.55
20131.561
20121.572
20111.584
20101.595
20091.606
20081.618
20071.629
20061.641
20051.652
20041.663
20031.675
20021.686
20011.697
20001.709

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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