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Suriname: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.18percent · 2024+17.5% 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
20240.182
20230.182
20220.182
20210.182
20200.182
20190.178
20180.173
20170.169
20160.164
20150.16
20140.155
20130.15
20120.146
20110.141
20100.137
20090.132
20080.128
20070.123
20060.119
20050.114
20040.11
20030.105
20020.101
20010.096
20000.092

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

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