Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Thailand
Thailand: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 90.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Thailand, 1981–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 90.5% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Thailand peaked at 98.8% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 90.5%, in 2021.
Thailand ranks 69th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 98.8% | — |
| 1988 | 98.7% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 98.3% | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 97.0% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 97.4% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 97.0% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 97.2% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 97.1% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 97.6% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 96.7% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 95.6% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 94.3% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 94.7% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 94.1% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 93.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 93.1% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 93.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 91.8% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 91.7% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 91.9% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 91.5% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 91.0% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 90.8% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 90.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 91.4% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 90.7% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 90.5% | -0.2% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 90.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 95% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 90.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 94.5%, 96% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.8% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 97.0% | 98.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 95.3% | 93.8% | 97.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 90.8% | 93.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.6% | 90.5% | 90.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 66 Serbia 91.5% compare
- 67 South Africa 90.8% compare
- 68 Montenegro 90.6% compare
- 70 Paraguay 89.0% compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 88.6% compare
- 72 Jamaica 88.6% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Thailand
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Thailand?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Thailand was 90.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.5% in 2021.
- How does Thailand rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Thailand ranks 69th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.