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Tonga: People practicing open defecation, urban

0.09percent · 2024+5.1% 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 Tonga from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.088
20230.088
20220.087
20210.087
20200.086
20190.086
20180.085
20170.085
20160.084
20150.084
20140.083
20130.083
20120.082
20110.082
20100.081
20090.081
20080.08
20070.08
20060.08
20050.079
20040.079
20030.079
20020.079
20010.079
20000.079

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

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