Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Thailand

Access to basic sanitation in Thailand in 2024 — 99.4%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.2 pp.

2024 99.4% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 41of 193
Period maximum 99.4%2024
Period minimum 92.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Thailand, 2000–2024929496981002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 92.2%2001: 92.4%2002: 92.7%2003: 92.9%2004: 93.2%2005: 93.5%2006: 93.7%2007: 94%2008: 94.3%2009: 94.6%2010: 94.9%2011: 95.2%2012: 95.5%2013: 95.8%2014: 96.1%2015: 96.4%2016: 96.7%2017: 97.1%2018: 97.4%2019: 97.7%2020: 98%2021: 98.4%2022: 98.7%2023: 99%2024: 99.4%
Change over the period: +7.2 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Thailand

Thailand 99.4%
World 82.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 89.5%
Access to basic sanitation — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.4 +0.3 pp
2023 99 +0.3 pp
2022 98.7 +0.3 pp
2021 98.4 +0.3 pp
2020 98 +0.3 pp
2019 97.7 +0.3 pp
2018 97.4 +0.3 pp
2017 97.1 +0.3 pp
2016 96.7 +0.3 pp
2015 96.4 +0.3 pp
2014 96.1 +0.3 pp
2013 95.8 +0.3 pp
2012 95.5 +0.3 pp
2011 95.2 +0.3 pp
2010 94.9 +0.3 pp
2009 94.6 +0.3 pp
2008 94.3 +0.3 pp
2007 94 +0.3 pp
2006 93.7 +0.3 pp
2005 93.5 +0.3 pp
2004 93.2 +0.3 pp
2003 92.9 +0.3 pp
2002 92.7 +0.3 pp
2001 92.4 +0.3 pp
2000 92.2

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.