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Uganda: People practicing open defecation, urban

1.80percent · 2024-6.1% 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 Uganda from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.804
20231.815
20221.827
20211.839
20201.85
20191.862
20181.874
20171.885
20161.897
20151.909
20141.92
20131.932
20121.944
20111.955
20101.967
20091.979
20081.99
20072.002
20062.014
20052.025
20042.037
20032.049
20022.06
20012.072
20002.084

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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