Thailand Poverty Rate 1960-2024

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 2022 was 0.00%, a 12.2% decline from 2021.
  • Thailand poverty rate for 2021 was 12.20%, a 1% decline from 2020.
  • Thailand poverty rate for 2020 was 13.20%, a 0.1% increase from 2019.
  • Thailand poverty rate for 2019 was 13.10%, a 2.5% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Botswana 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
Tonga 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Maldives 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Belize 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Namibia 0.00%
Thailand 0.00%
South Africa 0.00%
Belarus 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Guatemala 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Malaysia 0.00%
Samoa 0.00%
Bosnia 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Mauritius 0.00%
Serbia 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Bulgaria 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea 0.00%
Kazakhstan 0.00%
Montenegro 0.00%
Russia 0.00%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
North Macedonia 0.00%
Romania 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
China 0.00%
Fiji 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Turkey 0.00%
Thailand Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 0.00% -12.20%
2021 12.20% -1.00%
2020 13.20% 0.10%
2019 13.10% -2.50%
2018 15.60% 0.50%
2017 15.10% -0.60%
2016 15.70% 1.10%
2015 14.60% -4.10%
2014 18.70% -0.80%
2013 19.50% -3.00%
2012 22.50% -0.40%
2011 22.90% -4.50%
2010 27.40% -2.40%
2009 29.80% -2.90%
2008 32.70% -2.10%
2007 34.80% -2.10%
2006 36.90% 36.90%
2005 0.00% -44.30%
2004 44.30% 44.30%
2003 0.00% -50.80%
2002 50.80% 50.80%
2001 0.00% -59.00%
2000 59.00% 0.70%
1999 58.30% 4.20%
1998 54.10% 54.10%
1997 0.00% -56.10%
1996 56.10% 56.10%
1995 0.00% -60.40%
1994 60.40% 60.40%
1993 0.00% -66.10%
1992 66.10% 66.10%
1991 0.00% -72.60%
1990 72.60% 72.60%
1989 0.00% -76.20%
1988 76.20% 76.20%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% -76.90%
1981 76.90% 76.90%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%