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Bahamas: People practicing open defecation

0.13percent · 2019-80.5% since 2009

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 Bahamas from 2000 to 2019.

20002019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20190.126
20180.126
20170.126
20160.126
20150.126
20140.213
20130.3
20120.386
20110.473
20100.56
20090.647
20080.733
20070.82
20060.907
20050.994
20041.081
20031.167
20021.254
20011.341
20001.428

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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