People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Aruba
Aruba: People practicing open defecation (% of population) was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Aruba, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Aruba recorded 0.9% for people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Aruba peaked at 1.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2022.
That places Aruba 81st out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Aruba, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 0.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Aruba?
- People practicing open defecation in Aruba was 0.9% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2022.
- How does Aruba rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Aruba ranks 81st out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.