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Guatemala: People practicing open defecation

0.99percent · 2024-82.5% 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 Guatemala from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.991
20231.437
20221.888
20212.345
20202.807
20193.274
20183.747
20174.224
20164.705
20155.191
20145.68
20136.173
20126.669
20117.169
20107.672
20098.18
20088.691
20079.207
20069.727
200510.251
200410.779
200311.312
200211.85
200112.398
200012.949

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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