Thailand Poverty Rate 1981-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2018 was 8.40%, a 0.8% increase from 2017.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2017 was 7.60%, a 0.6% decline from 2016.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2016 was 8.20%, a 1.2% increase from 2015.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2015 was 7.00%, a 3.4% decline from 2014.
| Thailand Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
8.40% |
0.80% |
| 2017 |
7.60% |
-0.60% |
| 2016 |
8.20% |
1.20% |
| 2015 |
7.00% |
-3.40% |
| 2014 |
10.40% |
-0.90% |
| 2013 |
11.30% |
-2.20% |
| 2012 |
13.50% |
0.10% |
| 2011 |
13.40% |
-4.10% |
| 2010 |
17.50% |
-2.50% |
| 2009 |
20.00% |
-2.50% |
| 2008 |
22.50% |
-2.00% |
| 2007 |
24.50% |
-2.30% |
| 2006 |
26.80% |
-6.60% |
| 2004 |
33.40% |
-6.30% |
| 2002 |
39.70% |
-8.90% |
| 2000 |
48.60% |
0.80% |
| 1999 |
47.80% |
3.90% |
| 1998 |
43.90% |
-1.10% |
| 1996 |
45.00% |
-5.50% |
| 1994 |
50.50% |
-7.20% |
| 1992 |
57.70% |
-6.90% |
| 1990 |
64.60% |
-3.60% |
| 1988 |
68.20% |
-1.10% |
| 1981 |
69.30% |
-1.10% |
