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Guinea-Bissau: People practicing open defecation, rural

14.16percent · 2024-48.5% 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 Guinea-Bissau from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.155
202314.155
202214.155
202114.155
202016.062
201917.969
201819.876
201721.783
201623.69
201525.597
201427.504
201329.411
201231.317
201133.224
201035.131
200937.038
200838.945
200740.852
200642.759
200544.666
200446.573
200348.48
200250.387
200152.294
200054.201

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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