Guyana - People practicing open defecation

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Guyana was 0.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 1.54 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 2016.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

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Year Value
2000 1.54
2001 1.50
2002 1.45
2003 1.41
2004 1.37
2005 1.32
2006 1.28
2007 1.23
2008 1.19
2009 1.14
2010 1.10
2011 1.05
2012 1.01
2013 0.97
2014 0.92
2015 0.88
2016 0.83
2017 0.83
2018 0.83
2019 0.83
2020 0.83

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Guyana was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.726 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2014.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

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Year Value
2000 0.726
2001 0.673
2002 0.621
2003 0.569
2004 0.516
2005 0.464
2006 0.412
2007 0.359
2008 0.307
2009 0.255
2010 0.202
2011 0.150
2012 0.098
2013 0.045
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Guyana was 0.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 1.31 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.61 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 1.31
2001 1.26
2002 1.22
2003 1.17
2004 1.13
2005 1.08
2006 1.04
2007 0.99
2008 0.95
2009 0.90
2010 0.86
2011 0.82
2012 0.77
2013 0.72
2014 0.68
2015 0.65
2016 0.61
2017 0.61
2018 0.61
2019 0.61
2020 0.61

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors