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Samoa: People practicing open defecation

0.16percent · 2024+37.4% 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 Samoa from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.155
20230.151
20220.148
20210.144
20200.139
20190.135
20180.131
20170.127
20160.122
20150.118
20140.113
20130.108
20120.103
20110.098
20100.093
20090.088
20080.089
20070.09
20060.091
20050.092
20040.093
20030.093
20020.092
20010.092
20000.092

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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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 2026-11-05.

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