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Belize: People practicing open defecation

0.57percent · 2022-69.5% since 2012

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 Belize from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20220.57
20210.57
20200.569
20190.569
20180.569
20170.784
20161.001
20151.218
20141.435
20131.653
20121.871
20112.088
20102.305
20092.522
20082.739
20072.956
20063.172
20053.388
20043.605
20033.821
20024.037
20014.253
20004.468

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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