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Guinea-Bissau: People practicing open defecation

7.74percent · 2024-53.4% 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 Guinea-Bissau from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20247.736
20237.796
20227.855
20217.915
20209.114
201910.327
201811.555
201712.796
201614.052
201515.321
201416.603
201317.9
201219.209
201120.531
201021.867
200923.216
200824.576
200725.951
200627.338
200528.738
200430.15
200331.576
200233.014
200134.465
200035.928

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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