People practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: People practicing open defecation, rural was 0.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
People practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos Islands, 2016–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
In 2024, people practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos Islands stood at 0.2%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 0.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 92nd of 171 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
People practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.2% | — |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turks and Caicos Islands
- 89 Mauritius 0.3% compare
- 90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% compare
- 91 Republic of Moldova 0.2% compare
- 93 Montenegro 0.1% compare
- 94 Costa Rica 0.1% compare
- 95 Jordan 0.1% compare
More health data for Turks and Caicos Islands
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,416 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3379 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2100)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, female 16,640 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 33,898 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 228 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 252 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 247 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 250 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- People practicing open defecation, rural in Turks and Caicos 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, rural recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 92nd out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos 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, 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.