Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Thailand
Thailand: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3332 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Thailand, 1981–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Thailand is 0.3332, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Thailand peaked at 0.4786 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.3332, in 2024.
That places Thailand 73rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4453 | 0.4384 | 0.4522 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4401 | 0.4146 | 0.4786 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.4126 | 0.396 | 0.4283 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3713 | 0.3486 | 0.394 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.342 | 0.3332 | 0.3499 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More poverty & inequality data for Thailand
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,072 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.288 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1062 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1062 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1504 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2171 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Thailand?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Thailand was 0.3332 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4786 in 1992.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3332 in 2024.
- How does Thailand rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Thailand ranks 73rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.