Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados
Barbados: Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.0%
World rank
145th
of 249 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2020
All-time low
0.0%
in 2022
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados peaked at 0.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2022.
Barbados ranks 145th of 249 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.
Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3%. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -100.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 5 |
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- 145 Belarus 0.0%
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- 145 Bermuda 0.0%
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- 145 France 0.0%
- 145 French Guiana 0.0%
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- 145 Germany 0.0%
- 145 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 145 Greece 0.0% compare
- 145 Greenland 0.0%
- 145 Guadeloupe 0.0%
- 145 Guernsey 0.0%
- 145 Hungary 0.0%
- 145 Iceland 0.0%
- 145 Ireland 0.0%
- 145 Isle of Man 0.0%
- 145 Israel 0.0%
- 145 Italy 0.0%
- 145 Japan 0.0%
- 145 Jersey 0.0%
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- 145 Liechtenstein 0.0%
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- 145 Luxembourg 0.0%
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- 145 Martinique 0.0%
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- 145 Monaco 0.0%
- 145 Montserrat 0.0% compare
- 145 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0%
- 145 New Caledonia 0.0%
- 145 New Zealand 0.0%
- 145 Norway 0.0%
- 145 Oman 0.0% compare
- 145 Palau 0.0%
- 145 Poland 0.0%
- 145 Portugal 0.0%
- 145 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 145 Republic of Korea 0.0%
- 145 Réunion 0.0%
- 145 Romania 0.0%
- 145 Russian Federation 0.0%
- 145 Saint Barthélemy 0.0%
- 145 Saint Helena 0.0%
- 145 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0%
- 145 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0%
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- 145 Singapore 0.0%
- 145 Slovakia 0.0%
- 145 Slovenia 0.0%
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- 145 Sweden 0.0%
- 145 Switzerland 0.0%
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- 145 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
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- 145 Reunion 0.0%
- 145 Russia 0.0%
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More infrastructure data for Barbados
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 323,482 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 114.58 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 121,314 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 42.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.4297 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.2761 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 121,314 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.15 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados?
- Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Barbados was 0.0% 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- How does Barbados rank for proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural?
- Barbados ranks 145th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados 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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