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Nauru: People practicing open defecation

0.82percent · 2024-39.2% 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 Nauru from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.823
20230.876
20220.929
20210.982
20201.036
20191.089
20181.142
20171.195
20161.248
20151.301
20141.354
20131.407
20121.461
20111.514
20101.567
20091.62
20081.673
20071.726
20061.779
20051.832
20041.885
20031.939
20021.992
20012.045
20002.098

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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