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Saint Lucia: People practicing open defecation

6.19percent · 2022-6.9% since 2012

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 Saint Lucia from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20226.189
20216.195
20206.2
20196.204
20186.208
20176.288
20166.365
20156.437
20146.509
20136.58
20126.651
20116.721
20106.792
20096.859
20086.934
20077.019
20067.113
20057.219
20047.335
20037.463
20027.493
20017.523
20007.531

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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