Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural was 0.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 0.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 1.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2023.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 118th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.3% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -69.5% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 0.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3%, 42% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -69.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
More infrastructure data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 186,182 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 200.54 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 27,320 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 29.43 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.2943 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 27,320 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 2.01 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Antigua and Barbuda was 0.1% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2023.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 118th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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