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Thailand

East Asia & Pacific · Upper middle income · capital Bangkok

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

76.6years

Ranks 90 of 217 in 2024

2% above world median · 5% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

9.0per 1,000 live births

Ranks 66 of 196 in 2024

40% below world median · 48% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

34per 100,000 live births

Ranks 82 of 194 in 2023

28% below world median · 59% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2022 · 4 years old

12.4% of under-5s

Ranks 11 of 32 in 2022

38% below world median · 38% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.54% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

28% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.20births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

36% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

91.1% of adults 15+

Ranks 22 of 45 in 2022

about the same world median · 5% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2025 · 1 year old

100.7% gross

Ranks 5 of 13 in 2025

about the same world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 13 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

2.52% of GDP

Ranks 95 of 121 in 2023

31% below world median · 32% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

8,057current US$

Ranks 91 of 186 in 2025

2% above world median · 21% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

26,250international $

Ranks 76 of 185 in 2025

30% above world median · 61% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2024 · 2 years old

0.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 25 in 2024

1.0× below world median · 1.0× below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2024 · 2 years old

33.3index, 0–100

Ranks 4 of 25 in 2024

17% below world median · 4% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

0.8% of labour force

Ranks 4 of 182 in 2025

85% below world median · 74% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

-0.1% per year

Not ranked — no better end

1.0× below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.08% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

32% below world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

90.9% of population

Ranks 52 of 182 in 2024

11% above world median · 7% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

3.96t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

55% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

71.6mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

9.9× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Thailand has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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