East Asia & Pacific · Upper-middle income
Thailand: key statistics
Thailand has 71.6m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $8,057. Below: 80 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- Upper-middle income
- Currency
- baht THB
- Languages
- Thai
- ISO codes
- THTHA
Population71.6m2025 · rank 20 of 217GDP$577bn2025 · rank 29 of 211GDP per capita$8,0572025 · rank 113 of 211Life expectancy76.6 yrs2024 · rank 90 of 217Internet users90.9%2024 · rank 52 of 188Fertility1.202024 · rank 199 of 217CO₂ per person3.96 t2024 · rank 73 of 203Inflation-0.1%2025 · rank 169 of 180
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Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within East Asia & Pacific.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 71.6m | 2025 | 20/217 | 6/37 | +1.5% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.07% | 2025 | 176/217 | 26/37 | −0.5 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 62.8% | 2025 | 117/217 | 22/37 | +15.8 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.20 | 2024 | 199/217 | 31/37 | −19% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 16.0% | 2025 | 62/217 | 6/37 | +5.7 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.4% | 2025 | 189/217 | 32/37 | −3.7 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 140.3 | 2024 | 83/216 | 19/37 | +2.1% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 8.1 | 2024 | 188/217 | 31/37 | −26% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 513,115 km² | 2024 | 52/216 | 6/37 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $577bn | 2025 | 29/211 | 7/36 | +44% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $8,057 | 2025 | 113/211 | 19/36 | +42% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $26,250 | 2025 | 87/199 | 11/31 | +66% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $7,690 | 2025 | 106/201 | 17/33 | +38% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 2.4% | 2025 | 134/210 | 23/36 | −0.7 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 2.5% | 2025 | 103/210 | 24/36 | −0.1 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 8.7% | 2025 | 78/198 | 17/29 | −0.1 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 31.1% | 2025 | 50/201 | 11/30 | −5.1 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 60.2% | 2025 | 83/201 | 15/30 | +5.2 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 22.1% | 2025 | 101/175 | 20/27 | −0.3 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 23.9% | 2025 | 68/163 | 14/25 | −4.1 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | -0.1% | 2025 | 169/180 | 24/27 | +0.8 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 5.9% | 2025 | 55/136 | 9/24 | +1.9 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 5.0% | 2025 | 118/136 | 18/24 | +0.3 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 32.88 | 2025 | 87/210 | 13/36 | −4.0% | — | |
| Government debt | 61.9% | 2024 | 27/78 | 5/17 | +26.5 pp | — | |
| Tax revenue | 15.2% | 2024 | 83/142 | 16/25 | −1.3 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 20.7% | 2023 | 96/142 | 16/25 | +0.9 pp | 28.5% | |
| External debt | 37.5% | 2024 | 74/119 | 8/16 | −0.5 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 1.04% | 2025 | 113/156 | 15/18 | −0.3 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 71.1% | 2025 | 27/184 | 6/32 | +3.5 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 67.3% | 2025 | 41/184 | 14/32 | +10.1 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 138.4% | 2025 | 28/184 | 6/32 | +13.6 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 3.0% | 2025 | 48/185 | 15/29 | −3.9 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 3.2% | 2025 | 68/197 | 13/32 | +1.0 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 2.1% | 2025 | 96/178 | 14/26 | +0.6 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 39.9m | 2019 | 5/196 | 1/35 | +182% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 0.8% | 2025 | 184/187 | 28/29 | +0.2 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 4.5% | 2025 | 164/187 | 23/29 | +1.4 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 66.7% | 2025 | 49/187 | 10/29 | −2.6 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 59.0% | 2025 | 56/187 | 12/29 | −2.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $85.0m | 2023 | 121/145 | 18/24 | +195% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.0% | 2023 | 137/139 | 21/23 | ±0.0 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $1.2 | 2023 | 142/145 | 21/24 | +187% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 0.0% | 2024 | 149/151 | 17/17 | −0.2 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 0.2% | 2024 | 135/151 | 16/17 | −1.2 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 5.4% | 2022 | 139/145 | 12/15 | −7.2 pp | — | |
| Gini index | 33.3 | 2024 | 95/151 | 9/17 | −10% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 5.4% | 2024 | 76/167 | 9/23 | −2.8 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 19.6% | 2025 | 127/190 | 14/30 | +13.5 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 91.1% | 2022 | 81/141 | 18/23 | −5.3 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 91.5% | 2022 | 81/147 | 19/24 | −4.9 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 100.7% | 2025 | 91/191 | 15/30 | −2.6 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 92.1% | 2025 | 91/176 | 16/26 | −32.2 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 49.1% | 2025 | 83/172 | 12/27 | +3.4 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 107.1% | 2025 | 13/168 | 4/26 | +20.0 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 16.6 | 2018 | 99/173 | 17/27 | +4.0% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 2.5% | 2023 | 157/184 | 24/29 | −1.6 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.6 yrs | 2024 | 90/217 | 14/37 | +0.4% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 7.7 | 2024 | 131/196 | 23/30 | −26% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 9.0 | 2024 | 131/196 | 22/30 | −27% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 34 | 2023 | 113/194 | 22/30 | −2.9% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 4.5% | 2023 | 137/193 | 20/29 | +1.1 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $327 | 2023 | 110/193 | 16/29 | +57% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.54 | 2021 | 128/180 | 19/25 | +41% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 93% | 2024 | 83/193 | 14/30 | −6.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 1.0% | 2024 | 40/153 | 3/18 | −0.5 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 12.4% | 2022 | 87/154 | 17/25 | −4.0 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 100.0% | 2024 | 30/206 | 10/37 | +1.8 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 99.4% | 2024 | 41/203 | 10/37 | +3.2 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 90.9% | 2024 | 52/188 | 9/28 | +56.0 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 160.6 | 2024 | 23/210 | 7/34 | +16% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 14.9 | 2024 | 102/208 | 14/34 | +92% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 105/215 | 18/36 | +0.5 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 88.0% | 2024 | 115/192 | 14/30 | +11.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 3.96 t | 2024 | 73/203 | 14/37 | +2.0% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 19.0% | 2021 | 111/212 | 14/37 | −4.0 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 19.9% | 2021 | 115/206 | 17/35 | +7.0 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 38.7% | 2024 | 84/214 | 26/35 | −0.6 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 30.8% | 2024 | 27/206 | 1/34 | −2.5 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 25.5% | 2022 | 52/177 | 3/20 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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