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Thailand: People practicing open defecation, urban

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
20220.007
20210.017
20200.027
20190.038
20180.048
20170.058
20160.069
20150.079
20140.089
20130.1
20120.11
20110.12
20100.131
20090.141
20080.151
20070.162
20060.172
20050.182
20040.193
20030.203
20020.213
20010.224
20000.234

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, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-practicing-open-defecation-urban (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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