Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand
Thailand: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 93.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand, 1981–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand stood at 93.3%.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand peaked at 99.1% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 91.1%, in 2022.
Thailand ranks 65th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 99.1% | — |
| 1988 | 99.0% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 98.7% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 97.6% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 97.6% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 98.0% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.4% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 96.5% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 95.6% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 96.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 95.5% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 95.4% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 94.8% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 95.0% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 93.8% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 93.7% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 94.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 93.6% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 93.4% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 93.1% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 93.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.6% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 93.2% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 93.2% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 91.1% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 92.5% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 93.3% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 97.9% | 97.6% | 98.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 96.3% | 95.4% | 98.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.8% | 93.0% | 95.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 91.1% | 93.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 62 China 94.5% compare
- 63 South Africa 94.1% compare
- 64 Uzbekistan 93.5%
- 66 Montenegro 92.3% compare
- 67 Jamaica 91.7% compare
- 68 Mexico 91.2% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Thailand
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.04 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Thailand was 93.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.1% in 2022.
- How does Thailand rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Thailand ranks 65th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.