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Sint Maarten (Dutch part): People practicing open defecation

0.13percent · 2017-56.2% since 2007

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 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) from 2000 to 2017.

20002017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20170.131
20160.131
20150.131
20140.131
20130.131
20120.16
20110.188
20100.216
20090.244
20080.272
20070.3
20060.328
20050.356
20040.385
20030.413
20020.441
20010.469
20000.497

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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