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Thailand: People practicing open defecation

0percent · 2024-100.0% since 2014

People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste. Annual figures for Thailand from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240
20230
20220.004
20210.009
20200.014
20190.053
20180.097
20170.142
20160.187
20150.234
20140.282
20130.33
20120.38
20110.431
20100.483
20090.54
20080.598
20070.658
20060.719
20050.782
20040.847
20030.913
20020.98
20011.049
20001.119

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People practicing open defecation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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