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 8.60%, a 0.8% increase from 2017.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2017 was 7.80%, a 0.6% decline from 2016.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2016 was 8.40%, a 1.3% increase from 2015.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2015 was 7.10%, a 3.5% decline from 2014.
Thailand Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2018 |
8.60% |
0.80% |
2017 |
7.80% |
-0.60% |
2016 |
8.40% |
1.30% |
2015 |
7.10% |
-3.50% |
2014 |
10.60% |
-1.00% |
2013 |
11.60% |
-2.10% |
2012 |
13.70% |
0.00% |
2011 |
13.70% |
-4.10% |
2010 |
17.80% |
-2.50% |
2009 |
20.30% |
-2.70% |
2008 |
23.00% |
-1.80% |
2007 |
24.80% |
-2.30% |
2006 |
27.10% |
-6.80% |
2004 |
33.90% |
-6.20% |
2002 |
40.10% |
-8.80% |
2000 |
48.90% |
0.60% |
1999 |
48.30% |
4.00% |
1998 |
44.30% |
-1.10% |
1996 |
45.40% |
-5.50% |
1994 |
50.90% |
-7.10% |
1992 |
58.00% |
-6.70% |
1990 |
64.70% |
-3.80% |
1988 |
68.50% |
-1.10% |
1981 |
69.60% |
-1.10% |