World Bank · Health
Equatorial Guinea: People practicing open defecation, rural
3.63percent · 2017-54.8% 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.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.633 | |
| 2016 | 3.633 | |
| 2015 | 3.633 | |
| 2014 | 3.633 | |
| 2013 | 3.633 | |
| 2012 | 4.366 | |
| 2011 | 5.1 | |
| 2010 | 5.834 | |
| 2009 | 6.567 | |
| 2008 | 7.301 | |
| 2007 | 8.035 | |
| 2006 | 8.768 | |
| 2005 | 9.502 | |
| 2004 | 10.236 | |
| 2003 | 10.969 | |
| 2002 | 11.703 | |
| 2001 | 12.437 | |
| 2000 | 13.17 |
Source
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