People practicing open defecation in Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands: People practicing open defecation was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Northern Mariana Islands, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Northern Mariana Islands recorded 0.2% for people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 0.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2018.
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 102nd of 214 countries on this measure, 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 in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands
More health data for Northern Mariana Islands
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 939.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2090)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 344 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 215 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 282 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 248 (2025)
- Age population, age 22, male, interpolated 314 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 386 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Northern Mariana Islands?
- People practicing open defecation in Northern Mariana Islands was 0.2% 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 Northern Mariana Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2018.
- How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Northern Mariana Islands ranks 102nd out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Mariana Islands 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.