Child mortality rate vs. share of population practicing open defecation,
2022

The mortality rate of children under five years old (measured per 1,000 live births) versus the share of the population practicingopen defecation. People practicing open defecation refers to the share of the population defecating in the open, such as infields, forests, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces, or disposed of with solid waste.

People practicing open defecation (% of population)0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Child mortality (deaths per 100 live births)5%BeninBeninChinaChinaIndiaIndiaIndonesiaIndonesiaMadagascarMadagascarMauritaniaMauritaniaNigerNigerNigeriaNigeriaSouth SudanSouth SudanAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America1.4B1.4BCircles sized byPopulation(historical)

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