Basic sanitation access in Thailand

99.4% of people in Thailand used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Thailand, 2024 99.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 99.0%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 41st of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation access in Thailand over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period ThailandWorld
2024 99.4% 82.2%
2023 99.0% 81.5%
2022 98.7% 80.4%
2021 98.4% 79.4%
2020 98.0% 78.3%
2019 97.7% 77.2%
2018 97.4% 76.0%
2017 97.1% 74.9%
2016 96.7% 73.8%
2015 96.4% 72.6%
2014 96.1% 71.4%
2013 95.8% 70.2%
2012 95.5% 68.9%
2011 95.2% 67.8%
2010 94.9% 66.7%
2009 94.6% 65.5%
2008 94.3% 64.3%
2007 94.0% 63.1%
2006 93.7% 61.9%
2005 93.5% 60.7%
2004 93.2% 59.6%
2003 92.9% 58.4%
2002 92.7% 57.3%
2001 92.4% 55.6%
2000 92.2% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 99.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 96.1%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Thailand has the 41st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.BASS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Thailand
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene