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Panama: People practicing open defecation

3.08percent · 2024-38.8% 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 Panama from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20243.078
20233.267
20223.457
20213.649
20203.842
20194.038
20184.234
20174.432
20164.631
20154.831
20145.033
20135.235
20125.439
20115.643
20105.848
20096.054
20086.262
20076.471
20066.682
20056.896
20047.111
20037.328
20027.547
20017.767
20007.99

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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