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Tuvalu: People practicing open defecation, rural

2.16percent · 2024-68.2% 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
20242.164
20232.627
20223.091
20213.554
20204.017
20194.481
20184.944
20175.407
20165.87
20156.334
20146.797
20137.26
20127.724
20118.187
20108.65
20099.114
20089.577
200710.04
200610.504
200510.967
200411.43
200311.894
200211.894
200111.894
200011.894

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-rural (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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