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Ecuador: People practicing open defecation

1.71percent · 2024-68.8% 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 Ecuador from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.71
20231.994
20222.476
20212.847
20203.219
20193.593
20183.968
20174.344
20164.72
20155.098
20145.477
20135.859
20126.242
20116.627
20107.017
20097.415
20087.814
20078.217
20068.622
20059.029
20049.439
20039.852
200210.268
200110.709
200011.192

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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