People practicing open defecation in Mauritius
Mauritius: People practicing open defecation was 0.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People practicing open defecation in Mauritius, 2000–2024
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 Mauritius is 0.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 43.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Mauritius peaked at 0.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
Mauritius ranks 97th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More health data for Mauritius
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -10 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0345 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 2,032 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 9 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate -2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.1454 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate -0.5079 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3508 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Mauritius?
- People practicing open defecation in Mauritius was 0.3% 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Mauritius rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Mauritius ranks 97th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.