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Guinea: People practicing open defecation

4.66percent · 2024-67.5% 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 from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.657
20235.582
20226.518
20217.465
20208.42
20199.384
201810.357
201711.337
201612.324
201513.318
201414.318
201315.323
201216.335
201117.356
201018.384
200919.42
200820.463
200721.514
200622.572
200523.638
200424.71
200325.79
200226.878
200127.972
200029.073

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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