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Paraguay: People practicing open defecation, urban

0percent · 2024-100.0% 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
20230
20220.512
20210.514
20200.515
20190.516
20180.518
20170.519
20160.52
20150.522
20140.523
20130.524
20120.525
20110.527
20100.528
20090.529
20080.53
20070.532
20060.533
20050.534
20040.535
20030.537
20020.538
20010.539
20000.54

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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