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Suriname: People practicing open defecation, rural

3.25percent · 2024-67.2% 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
20243.247
20233.247
20223.247
20213.247
20203.247
20194.355
20185.463
20176.571
20167.68
20158.788
20149.896
201311.004
201212.113
201113.221
201014.329
200915.437
200816.545
200717.654
200618.762
200519.87
200420.978
200322.086
200223.195
200124.303
200025.411

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, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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