Poverty & Inequality in Thailand 100 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Thailand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys 2025 down 10.0% 4th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 11.4% 91st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 37.4% 100th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman 2023 down 20.6% 215th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,072 kg per hectare 2023 down 4.4% 93rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 22.3% 154th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year 2023 up 16.6% 117th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.04 2023 down 11.4% 117th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.0% 2023 down 11.4% 117th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 28.0% 160th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.43 % change on previous year 2023 down 63.2% 72nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -10 % change on previous year 2025 down 190.0% 65th Gender Inequality Index 0.288 2023 down 18.2% 98th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.6% 2023 down 2.6% 115th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1062 2023 up 0.6% 106th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1062 2023 up 0.6% 106th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1504 2023 up 1.4% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 113th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2024 — 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2024 down 85.7% 106th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 11.7% 2024 down 44.0% 75th Prosperity gap 2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 16.7% 77th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2171 2023 down 9.0% 106th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 112th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.0% 2024 down 17.1% 83rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.1% 2024 down 56.2% 78th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.677 2023 up 8.0% 66th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.677 2023 up 8.0% 66th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.677 2023 up 8.0% 66th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 122nd Three metrics of inequality 64.29 2021 up 1.0% 13th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6429 2021 up 1.0% 13th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 32.44 2023 up 24.5% 144th Income share held by second 20% 12.0% 2024 up 9.1% 62nd Income share held by third 20% 16.2% 2024 up 5.9% 64th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2024 up 1.4% 47th Income share held by highest 20% 41.5% 2024 down 6.7% 66th Income share held by highest 10% 26.0% 2024 down 9.4% 69th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.4% 2024 up 13.3% 29th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2024 up 11.3% 36th Gini index 33.3 2024 down 10.0% 76th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 9.6% 2024 down 15.0% 86th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.08 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 96.2% 108th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2024 down 96.3% 113th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0022 2024 down 81.5% 144th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5972 2021 down 0.3% 17th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5972 2021 down 0.3% 17th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 16,032 2017 up 36.5% 63rd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 52.4% 2021 down 2.6% 16th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 19.8% 2021 down 9.5% 21st Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 19.1% 2024 up 65.1% 77th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2024 down 93.6% 112th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3332 2024 down 10.0% 73rd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 10,524 people 2024 down 93.4% 98th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.0% 2024 down 93.6% 112th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.0% 2024 down 93.6% 112th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.0% 2024 down 93.6% 112th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 56.85 million people 2024 up 18.3% 15th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.0% 2024 down 93.6% 112th Page 1 of 2 Next →