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Trinidad and Tobago: People practicing open defecation

0.19percent · 2024+234.6% 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 Trinidad and Tobago from 2005 to 2024.

20052024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.195
20230.181
20220.168
20210.154
20200.14
20190.127
20180.113
20170.099
20160.086
20150.072
20140.058
20130.045
20120.031
20110.019
20100.014
20090.009
20080.009
20070.009
20060.009
20050.009

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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