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Panama: People practicing open defecation, rural

9.76percent · 2024-26.7% 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
20249.758
202310.113
202210.469
202110.824
202011.179
201911.534
201811.889
201712.245
201612.6
201512.955
201413.31
201313.665
201214.021
201114.376
201014.731
200915.086
200815.441
200715.797
200616.152
200516.507
200416.862
200317.217
200217.573
200117.928
200018.283

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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