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Papua New Guinea: People practicing open defecation

15.64percent · 2024+7.5% 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 Papua New Guinea from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202415.637
202315.537
202215.434
202115.33
202015.224
201915.115
201815.006
201714.894
201614.781
201514.666
201414.549
201314.431
201214.311
201114.189
201014.067
200913.946
200813.824
200713.703
200613.581
200513.46
200413.338
200313.336
200213.334
200113.332
200013.329

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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