People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Paraguay
Paraguay: People practicing open defecation (% of population) was 0.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Paraguay, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.3% for people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 54.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Paraguay peaked at 0.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2024.
Paraguay ranks 94th 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 (% of population) in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9% | — |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -48.5% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 60% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -48.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More health data for Paraguay
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2374 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 339 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5252 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0469 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5185 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0491 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Paraguay?
- People practicing open defecation in Paraguay 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2024.
- How does Paraguay rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Paraguay ranks 94th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.