People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Curacao
Curacao: People practicing open defecation (% of population) was 0.3% in 2017. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Curacao, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation in Curacao is 0.3%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Curacao peaked at 1.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2013.
Curacao ranks 96th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 0.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 48% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More health data for Curacao
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0521 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2 (2100)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 874 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 910 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 852 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 814 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.0747 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate -1.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Curacao?
- People practicing open defecation in Curacao was 0.3% in 2017, 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 Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2013.
- How does Curacao rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Curacao ranks 96th out of 214 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curacao 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.