Thailand Poverty Rate 1981-2024
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 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.
- Thailand poverty rate for 2018 was 15.60%, a 0.5% increase from 2017.
| Thailand Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 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% |
-7.40% |
| 2004 |
44.30% |
-6.50% |
| 2002 |
50.80% |
-8.20% |
| 2000 |
59.00% |
0.70% |
| 1999 |
58.30% |
4.20% |
| 1998 |
54.10% |
-2.00% |
| 1996 |
56.10% |
-4.30% |
| 1994 |
60.40% |
-5.70% |
| 1992 |
66.10% |
-6.50% |
| 1990 |
72.60% |
-3.60% |
| 1988 |
76.20% |
-0.70% |
| 1981 |
76.90% |
-0.70% |
