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Equatorial Guinea: People practicing open defecation

2.85percent · 2017-54.3% since 2007

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 Equatorial Guinea from 2000 to 2017.

20002017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20172.854
20162.86
20152.865
20142.871
20132.877
20123.405
20113.953
20104.51
20095.079
20085.657
20076.247
20066.847
20057.458
20048.08
20038.714
20029.358
200110.014
200010.68

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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