People practicing open defecation, rural in Tonga
Tonga: People practicing open defecation, rural was 0.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, rural in Tonga, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.1% for people practicing open defecation, rural in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural in Tonga peaked at 0.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2023.
Tonga ranks 98th of 171 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, rural in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
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More health data for Tonga
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -33.33 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 834.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0084 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 0.6303 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0046 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural in Tonga?
- People practicing open defecation, rural in Tonga was 0.1% 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, rural recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2023.
- How does Tonga rank for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Tonga ranks 98th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga 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, rural (% of rural 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.