People practicing open defecation (% of population) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Haiti 18.13 2020
2 Nicaragua 6.79 2020
3 St. Lucia 6.20 2020
4 Dominica 5.57 2017
5 Panama 4.19 2020
6 Honduras 4.18 2020
7 Grenada 3.54 2017
8 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3.36 2018
9 Dominican Republic 2.25 2020
10 Guatemala 2.02 2020
11 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.32 2017
12 Barbados 0.82 2018
13 Jamaica 0.80 2020
14 Belize 0.57 2020
15 El Salvador 0.30 2020
16 Antigua and Barbuda 0.26 2017
17 Cuba 0.24 2020
18 The Bahamas 0.22 2019
19 Costa Rica 0.13 2020
20 Cayman Islands 0.00 2016
20 Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 2020
20 Puerto Rico 0.00 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual