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Tuvalu: People practicing open defecation

1.83percent · 2024-61.5% 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 Tuvalu from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.829
20232.098
20222.372
20212.65
20202.934
20193.222
20183.516
20173.816
20164.121
20154.433
20144.751
20135.076
20125.408
20115.746
20106.09
20096.441
20086.798
20077.161
20067.53
20057.905
20048.286
20038.673
20028.728
20018.756
20008.784

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

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