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Kiribati: People practicing open defecation

32.36percent · 2024-16.6% 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 Kiribati from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202432.362
202332.566
202232.775
202133.507
202034.245
201934.99
201835.742
201736.501
201637.266
201538.039
201438.817
201339.598
201240.379
201141.162
201041.947
200942.732
200843.518
200744.306
200645.093
200545.771
200446.305
200346.839
200247.374
200147.908
200048.599

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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