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Suriname: People practicing open defecation

1.21percent · 2024-65.1% 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 Suriname from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.208
20231.212
20221.215
20211.217
20201.22
20191.594
20181.969
20172.343
20162.716
20153.088
20143.458
20133.826
20124.19
20114.552
20104.913
20095.273
20085.631
20075.988
20066.343
20056.696
20047.051
20037.433
20027.816
20018.201
20008.588

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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