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Costa Rica: People practicing open defecation

0.06percent · 2024-80.2% 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 Costa Rica from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.062
20230.085
20220.109
20210.132
20200.157
20190.181
20180.207
20170.232
20160.258
20150.285
20140.312
20130.34
20120.369
20110.398
20100.428
20090.459
20080.491
20070.523
20060.556
20050.59
20040.624
20030.66
20020.696
20010.733
20000.77

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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