Share of people practicing open defecation in Samoa
Samoa: Share of people practicing open defecation was 0.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of people practicing open defecation in Samoa, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.2% for share of people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of people practicing open defecation in Samoa peaked at 0.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2009.
Samoa ranks 107th of 232 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 104 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% compare
- 105 Cuba 0.2% compare
- 106 Northern Mariana Islands 0.2% compare
- 108 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1% compare
- 109 Turkey 0.1% compare
- 110 Moldova 0.1% compare
More population data for Samoa
- World population growth 0.3% (2100)
- Population density 137.97 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 25,608 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development 0.3% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 3.8 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 3.8 births per woman (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 3.8 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 3.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 3.7 children per women (2023)
- Birth rate by women's age group 43.54 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of people practicing open defecation in Samoa?
- Share of people practicing open defecation in Samoa was 0.2% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of people practicing open defecation recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of people practicing open defecation recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for share of people practicing open defecation?
- Samoa ranks 107th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of people practicing open defecation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of people who practice open defecation. This includes defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water or other open spaces, not using any sanitation facilities.