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Myanmar: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.81percent · 2024-19.9% 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 Myanmar from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.813
20230.813
20220.813
20210.813
20200.842
20190.871
20180.9
20170.928
20160.957
20150.986
20141.015
20131.044
20121.073
20111.101
20101.13
20091.159
20081.188
20071.217
20061.246
20051.274
20041.303
20031.332
20021.361
20011.39
20001.419

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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