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Seychelles: People practicing open defecation

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 Seychelles from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220
20210.804
20200.805
20190.817
20180.828
20170.839
20160.849
20150.858
20140.868
20130.878
20120.888
20110.897
20100.907
20090.917
20080.926
20070.936
20060.946
20050.956
20040.965
20030.975
20020.985
20010.994
20001.004

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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