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Tonga: People practicing open defecation, rural

0.08percent · 2024-42.8% 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 Tonga from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.084
20230.084
20220.091
20210.098
20200.105
20190.112
20180.119
20170.126
20160.133
20150.14
20140.147
20130.154
20120.161
20110.168
20100.175
20090.182
20080.189
20070.196
20060.203
20050.21
20040.217
20030.217
20020.217
20010.217
20000.217

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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