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Marshall Islands: People practicing open defecation

6.82percent · 2024-27.4% 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 Marshall Islands from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.824
20236.875
20227.12
20217.373
20207.635
20197.905
20188.184
20178.472
20168.769
20159.076
20149.394
20139.721
201210.06
201110.409
201010.77
200911.141
200811.522
200711.914
200612.316
200512.729
200413.152
200313.316
200213.482
200113.65
200013.819

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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