Open data
Free Thailand data sources.
Free public, open, public-dashboard, or free-registration data sources relevant to Thailand. Restricted, paid, MOU-only, and clearly commercial feeds are excluded.
Catalogs and discovery4 sourcesCities and civic2 sourcesEnergy and agriculture7 sourcesGeospatial and satellite11 sourcesHumanitarian and international baselines11 sourcesLabour, health, and education8 sourcesLand and property1 sourcesLaw, politics, and civic7 sourcesNews and government information3 sourcesStatistics, economy, and finance14 sourcesTourism and travel2 sourcesTransport8 sourcesWater and hydrology6 sourcesWeather, environment, and disasters14 sources
Catalogs and discovery
4 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data.go.th CKAN API | CKAN API | Free public read access | Catalog updates as agencies publish | Use package_search, package_show, resource_show, and resource URLs. |
| Government Data Catalog | Catalog/API | Free public metadata and public datasets | Varies by agency | Cross-agency discovery surface for statistical, record, API, and geospatial datasets. |
| Open Government Data of Thailand | CKAN/API, CSV, XLS, JSON, geospatial files | Free public; some actions may require account/API key | Varies by agency | Primary national open-data portal and first crawl target. |
| Thai-GDC / Open-D agency catalogs | CKAN/DataStore | Free public where agency catalog exposes public resources | Varies by agency | Many Thai agency portals share the same CKAN/Open-D patterns. |
Cities and civic
2 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok Open Data | CKAN/API, CSV, JSON | Free public | Varies | Bangkok city data, including urban services and local datasets. |
| Traffy Fondue public datasets | CSV/JSON/API where exposed through public catalogs | Free public where released | Operational / frequent | Civic complaint/problem reports such as flooding, potholes, garbage, lights, and local service issues. |
Energy and agriculture
7 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Agricultural Extension Data Catalog | CKAN/API | Free public where open | Varies | Agricultural extension datasets. |
| Department of Fisheries Data Catalog | CKAN/API | Free public where open | Varies | Fisheries open-data catalog. |
| Department of Livestock Development data services | Data hub/catalog where public | Free public where open | Varies | Livestock, farms, farmer, and animal-movement/registration-related public datasets where released. |
| Energy Policy and Planning Office | API/dashboard/RSS/downloads | Free public where open | Daily/monthly depending on series | Oil, gas, petroleum prices, coal/lignite, electricity, emissions, and energy statistics. |
| Ministry of Energy Open Data | Portal/dashboard/downloads | Free public where open | Varies | Energy datasets and live electricity-volume information where published. |
| National Agricultural Big Data Center | API/data service | Free public where open | Varies | Agriculture production, prices, price/production indexes, import/export, land, and household datasets. |
| Office of Agricultural Economics | Catalog/API/downloads | Free public where open | Monthly / seasonal / annual | Agricultural economic indexes, crop statistics, and agriculture datasets. |
Geospatial and satellite
11 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geofabrik Thailand OSM Extract | PBF/SHP | Free public | Daily | OpenStreetMap extract for Thailand. |
| GISTDA Open Data | Catalog, API, WMS, satellite/geospatial files | Free public where open | Varies | Thailand geospatial and satellite data catalog. |
| Google Earth Engine public catalog | Earth Engine API | Free for eligible noncommercial/research use | Varies; many datasets update daily | Satellite and geoscience datasets filterable to Thailand. |
| Land Development Department soil layers | SHP/downloads/catalog where open | Free public where open | Periodic | Soil series and land-resource maps. |
| National Spatial Data Infrastructure / Thai SDI | OGC services such as WMS/WFS/WCS/WPS | Free public where open | Varies | National spatial-data infrastructure and OGC geospatial services. |
| NSO GIS | GeoJSON/CSV/dashboard | Free public where exposed | Varies | Statistical geospatial layers and visualizations. |
| ONEP GIS / environmental layers | WMS/downloads where open | Free public where open | Varies | Environmental layers including conservation sites, waterbirds, urban green space, watershed quality, and related datasets. |
| Open Development Thailand / Mekong | SHP, GeoJSON, PDF, downloads | Free public | Varies | Boundaries, protected areas, laws, environment, and regional open-data mirrors. |
| OpenStreetMap Thailand | OSM API/bulk via mirrors | Free public under ODbL | Continuous | Roads, buildings, POIs, land use, and map features. |
| Protected Planet / WDPA Thailand | CSV/SHP/downloads | Free public with terms | Regular | Canonical global protected-area and OECM data filterable to Thailand. |
| Royal Forest Department Data Catalog | CKAN/API where enabled | Free public where open | Varies | Forest-related datasets. |
Humanitarian and international baselines
11 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADB Data Library / Key Indicators | API/SDMX/downloads | Free public | Periodic | Thailand economy, population, labour, energy, finance, trade, and debt indicators. |
| FAOSTAT | API/downloads | Free public | Periodic | Food and agriculture data filterable to Thailand. |
| HDX Thailand | API, CSV, GeoJSON, SHP | Free public | Varies by dataset | Humanitarian, boundary, crisis-response, population, and aid datasets. |
| IATI aid activity data | XML/API/bulk | Free public | Publisher-dependent | Aid activities in Thailand through IATI publishers and mirrors. |
| ILOSTAT Thailand | API, CSV, XLS | Free public | Periodic | Labour-market statistics and Thailand country profile. |
| IMF Data API | API/downloads | Free public | Periodic | Macro, fiscal, financial, BoP, inflation, and trade data filterable to Thailand. |
| ReliefWeb API Thailand | API | Free public | Real time as content is added | Humanitarian reports, disasters, jobs, and updates filterable to Thailand. |
| UN Comtrade | API/downloads | Free registration/API quota | Monthly / annual | Official country trade data filterable to Thailand. |
| WHO Global Health Observatory | OData/API/downloads | Free public | Periodic | Health indicators, mortality, life expectancy, and health expenditure filterable to Thailand. |
| World Bank Data API Thailand | API | Free public | Periodic | Country indicators for Thailand across World Bank datasets. |
| WorldPop Thailand | STAC/GeoTIFF/downloads | Free public | Periodic | High-resolution population grids and density data for Thailand. |
Labour, health, and education
8 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Disease Control Open Data | Catalog/downloads/API where open | Free public where open | Varies | Disease and health-hazard surveillance, screening, communicable/non-communicable disease datasets. |
| MHESI Open Data | CKAN/API/visualization | Free public where open | Varies | Higher education, science, research, and innovation datasets. |
| Ministry of Labour data portal | API/portal where open | Free public where open | Varies | Labour datasets and analytics portal resources. |
| Ministry of Public Health Data Catalog | CKAN/CSV/API where public | Free public where open | Varies | Public-health datasets; excludes auth-only operational HDC APIs. |
| National Health Security Office APIs | API where public | Free public or registration depending on endpoint | Varies | NHSO service/API integration; include only public/free endpoints. |
| Office of the Education Council Open Data | CSV/CKAN/downloads | Free public where open | Varies | Education council statistics and reports. |
| Social Security Office Data Catalog | CKAN/API, CSV, PDF | Free public where open | Monthly / periodic | Social-security statistics and administrative datasets. |
| Thai FDA Data Catalog | CKAN/XLSX/API where enabled | Free public where open | Varies | Drug, legal, product, health-product, hazardous-substance, and AMR datasets. |
Land and property
1 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury Department land valuation | Catalog/DataStore/search/downloads | Free public where open | Periodic | Land appraisal values and property-valuation resources. |
Law, politics, and civic
7 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACLED Thailand | API/export | Free registration for many uses | Regular | Political violence, demonstrations, protest, and conflict-event data. |
| ELECT election data | GitHub/downloads/site datasets where public | Free public where open | Election/project-dependent | Election-related tools and datasets. |
| IPU Parline Thailand | API, CSV, XLS | Free public | Periodic | Parliamentary and member data for Thailand. |
| Open Law Data Thailand | Bulk/data pipeline | Free public | Regular / daily-ish | Machine-readable Thai legal database derived from official sources. |
| Royal Gazette | Website/PDF | Free public | Official publication schedule | Official source for laws, regulations, notices, and announcements. |
| Thai Parliament open data / repository | Portal/downloads | Free public where open | Varies | Legislative information and parliament open-data initiatives. |
| WeVis parliament-watch | GitHub/bulk/site data where public | Free public where open | Project-dependent | Politicians, assemblies, bills, votes, promises, and parliament-watch data. |
News and government information
3 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDELT | API/bulk | Free public | 15-minute updates | Global event/news graph filterable to Thailand. |
| Government Public Relations Department | Website/RSS where exposed | Free public | Frequent | Official government public-relations and news releases. |
| Thailand.go.th | API/RSS where exposed | Free public; token may be required for API | Frequent | Government news, issues, events, services, and guidebook-style information. |
Statistics, economy, and finance
14 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Thailand API | API | Free registration/token | Daily/monthly depending on series | Exchange rates, interest rates, financial markets, monetary, external, payments, public finance, loans, deposits, and NPLs. |
| Bank of Thailand statistics | Downloads, dashboards, API portal | Free public | Daily/monthly/quarterly | Canonical Thai central-bank statistics. |
| Comptroller General e-GP | RSS/API-style/scrape | Free public where published | Frequent | Public procurement notices and contract data. |
| Excise Department Data Catalog | CSV/XLS/API/RDF where enabled | Free public where open | Varies | Excise tax datasets and niche categories such as alcohol, tobacco, card import/license data. |
| Fiscal Policy Office Data Catalog | CKAN/API | Free public where open | Monthly / periodic | Fiscal and macroeconomic datasets. |
| Ministry of Commerce trade statistics | Dashboard/API-style reports | Free public where open | Monthly / periodic | Thailand import/export summaries, products, HS codes, and trade reports. |
| National Statistical Office Data Catalog | CKAN/API, CSV, XLS | Free public where open | Varies | Official Thai statistical datasets. |
| NSO website | Reports, dashboards, downloads, RSS where exposed | Free public | Varies | National Statistical Office publications, surveys, and dashboards. |
| Open DBD / Department of Business Development | Public search/download/API where available | Free public for public search; some data restricted | Operational / periodic | Juristic-person and company-registration data; keep restricted services out of free pipeline. |
| Public Debt Management Office | Dashboard/downloads | Free public | Monthly / periodic | Public debt outstanding, debt service, maturity, and debt components. |
| Revenue Department Data Catalog | CKAN/API where enabled | Free public where open | Varies | Tax and revenue datasets; excludes restricted e-filing APIs. |
| SEC market data and downloads | CSV/XLS/downloads | Free public where published | Varies | Capital-market statistical releases and open-data downloads. |
| SEC Thailand Open Data / API Portal | API/bulk/download | Free registration/API terms | Daily/monthly/quarterly depending on product | Securities, funds, digital assets, licenses, filings, and market data products. |
| Thai Customs statistics | Reports/downloads/API-style resources | Free public where published | Monthly / periodic | Customs import/export and logistics-related statistics. |
Tourism and travel
2 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAT tourism data catalog/statistics | CKAN/API/CSV/downloads | Free public where open | Monthly / periodic | Tourism statistics, arrivals, survey datasets, and tourism-sector resources. |
| Tourism Authority of Thailand API | API | Free registration/API terms | Varies | Attractions, accommodation, routes, events, and tourism services. |
Transport
8 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airports of Thailand statistics | Batch reports/downloads | Free public | Monthly / fiscal-year updates | Airport and air-transport statistics. |
| Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand statistics | Batch reports/downloads | Free public | Quarterly / periodic | Aviation statistics, reports, and GHG-related aviation data. |
| Department of Highways Data Catalog | CKAN/downloads where exposed | Free public where open | Varies | Highway and road datasets. |
| Department of Land Transport Data Catalog | CSV/API/downloads | Free public where open | Monthly / periodic | Registered vehicles, licenses, and transport operator permit statistics. |
| Ministry of Transport Data Catalog | API, CSV, XLS, SHP, WMS, WFS | Free public where resources are open | Varies | High-value catalog for roads, rail, public transport, and transport geodata. |
| Namtang / OTP transport ecosystem | Public app/API unclear | Free public where exposed | Operational | Bus tracking, stops, stations, and transport-planning data where publicly released. |
| State Railway of Thailand / rail datasets | API/catalog/downloads where open | Free public where open | Varies | Railway schedules and rail datasets where published through SRT/MOT surfaces. |
| ThaiRSC | Public dashboard | Free public dashboard | Operational / frequent | Road accident, death, and injury reporting dashboard. |
Water and hydrology
6 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro-Informatics Institute | Public website and Thaiwater services | Free public where open | Varies | Institutional source behind national hydroinformatics data. |
| IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring | Real-time feed | Free public | Minute data / frequent updates | High-frequency sea-level data useful for coastal monitoring. |
| PSMSL | Batch time series | Free public | Periodic | Monthly and annual mean sea-level datasets including Thai stations. |
| Royal Irrigation Department | Dashboards, reports, API surfaces where exposed | Free public where open | Daily / operational | Reservoir, dam, irrigation, and water-management data. |
| Royal Thai Navy Hydrographic Department | PDF/batch tables | Free public where posted | Periodic | Thai tide tables and hydrographic publications. |
| Thaiwater / National Hydroinformatics Data Center | API, dashboards, CSV/ZIP where exposed | Free public where open | Hourly / daily depending on dataset | Integrated rainfall, water level, temperature, flood, and hydrology data. |
Weather, environment, and disasters
14 free or public sources
| Source | Access | Free status | Cadence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air4Thai / Pollution Control Department | JSON/XML/API-style feeds and dashboards | Free public | Hourly / daily | Thailand PM2.5, PM10, AQI, and air-quality station data. |
| Copernicus Climate Data Store / ERA5 | API, NetCDF, GRIB | Free registration | Regular | Global climate/reanalysis data filterable to Thailand. |
| Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Data Catalog | CKAN/API, CSV, RDF | Free public where open | Varies | Disaster datasets including tsunami-risk and hazard data. |
| GDACS | RSS/feed | Free public | Every few minutes / event-driven | Global disaster alerts filterable for Thailand and region. |
| GISTDA Disaster Platform | API, WMS, geospatial layers | Free public where open | Near real time to daily | Flood, fire, drought, PM2.5, rainfall forecasts, flood imagery, and disaster geospatial layers. |
| NASA FIRMS | API, CSV, WMS | Free public; API key may be required | Near real time | MODIS/VIIRS fire and thermal anomaly data filterable to Thailand. |
| NOAA IBTrACS | CSV/NetCDF | Free public | Periodic | Global tropical-cyclone best-track dataset for storm history/risk. |
| OpenAQ Thailand | REST API | Free public | Near real time where stations report | Global air-quality API filterable to Thailand. |
| Pollution Control Department noise monitoring | Public monitoring reports/data | Free public | Daily / current reports where available | Noise-monitoring station data and Leq reports. |
| Thai Meteorological Department | Website, RSS, API surfaces where available | Free public; some APIs may require token | Forecasts and warnings update frequently | Weather observations, forecasts, warnings, earthquakes, and weather-radar resources. |
| TMD earthquake information | Website/RSS/API-style feeds | Free public | Event-driven | Thailand and regional earthquake reports. |
| TMD weather data services | API/data service | Free public or free token depending on endpoint | Frequent | Machine-readable TMD data entry point. |
| USGS Earthquake API | GeoJSON/API | Free public | Near real time | Earthquake events filterable by Thailand bounding box. |
| WAQI / AQICN Thailand | API | Free registration/token | Near real time | Air-quality station feeds including Bangkok and Thailand stations. |