Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Thailand
Thailand: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 90.52 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Thailand, 1981–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 90.52 for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Thailand peaked at 98.79 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 90.52, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.75 | 98.72 | 98.79 | 2 |
| 1990s | 97.34 | 97.03 | 98.26 | 6 |
| 2000s | 95.26 | 93.79 | 97.56 | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.78 | 90.76 | 93.76 | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.63 | 90.52 | 90.74 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 66 Serbia 91.46 compare
- 68 Montenegro 90.56 compare
- 70 Paraguay 89.05 compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 88.63 compare
- 72 Jamaica 88.57 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Thailand
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 9 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.21 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,072 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 17.04 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.288 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 17.63 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1062 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1062 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1504 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2171 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Thailand?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Thailand was 90.52 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 98.79 in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.52 in 2021.
- How does Thailand rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Thailand ranks 69th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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