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Paraguay: People practicing open defecation

0.34percent · 2024-54.3% 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 Paraguay from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.342
20230.351
20220.681
20210.69
20200.698
20190.706
20180.714
20170.722
20160.731
20150.739
20140.747
20130.756
20120.764
20110.773
20100.782
20090.792
20080.801
20070.81
20060.82
20050.829
20040.839
20030.848
20020.859
20010.871
20000.883

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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