Safely managed sanitation in Thailand

26.7% of people in Thailand used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Thailand, 2024 26.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.4percentage points 2023: 26.4%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 112th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period ThailandWorld
2024 26.7% 58.5%
2023 26.4% 57.8%
2022 26.0% 57.0%
2021 25.6% 56.1%
2020 25.3% 55.2%
2019 24.9% 54.2%
2018 24.6% 52.8%
2017 24.2% 51.3%
2016 23.9% 49.9%
2015 23.5% 48.4%
2014 23.2% 46.9%
2013 22.9% 45.5%
2012 22.5% 44.1%
2011 22.2% 42.8%
2010 21.9% 41.5%
2009 21.6% 40.2%
2008 21.2% 38.9%
2007 20.9% 37.6%
2006 20.6% 36.3%
2005 20.3% 35.1%
2004 20.0% 34.0%
2003 19.8% 32.8%
2002 19.7% 31.7%
2001 19.5% 31.7%
2000 19.4% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 26.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 23.2%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Thailand has the 112th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.SMSS.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