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Jamaica: People practicing open defecation

0.57percent · 2024-20.3% 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 Jamaica from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.575
20230.588
20220.602
20210.616
20200.63
20190.645
20180.66
20170.675
20160.69
20150.706
20140.721
20130.737
20120.754
20110.77
20100.786
20090.803
20080.82
20070.837
20060.854
20050.871
20040.888
20030.906
20020.924
20010.941
20000.96

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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