Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Thailand
Thailand: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 85.2 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
85.2
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
64th
of 120 countries
All-time high
98.21
in 1981
All-time low
81.77
in 2022
Years of data
30
1981–2024
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Thailand, 1981–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 85.2 for poverty share on less than 30 per day in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Thailand peaked at 98.21 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 81.77, in 2022.
That places Thailand 64th 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 | 98.18 | 98.14 | 98.21 | 2 |
| 1990s | 96.14 | 95.72 | 97.51 | 6 |
| 2000s | 92.9 | 90.57 | 96.06 | 7 |
| 2010s | 87.46 | 85.96 | 90.38 | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.27 | 81.77 | 85.41 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88.44 compare
- 62 North Macedonia 88.44 compare
- 63 Belarus 87.68 compare
- 65 Jamaica 84.61 compare
- 66 Ecuador 84.57 compare
- 67 Uzbekistan 84.53
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 in Thailand?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Thailand was 85.2 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 98.21 in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.77 in 2022.
- How does Thailand rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Thailand ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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