Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Thailand
Thailand: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 85.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
Thailand recorded 85.2% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a 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 of population living on less than $30 a day in Thailand peaked at 98.2% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 81.8%, 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 98.2% | — |
| 1988 | 98.1% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 97.5% | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 95.8% | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 96.3% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 95.7% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 95.7% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 95.8% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 95.2% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 93.8% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 91.6% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 92.1% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 91.0% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 90.6% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 89.7% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 90.4% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 87.6% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 87.2% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 87.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 86.5% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 86.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 86.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 86.8% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 85.4% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 85.4% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 81.8% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 83.6% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 85.2% | +1.9% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 85.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 94% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 85.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.0%, 96% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.2% | 98.1% | 98.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 96.1% | 95.7% | 97.5% | 6 |
| 2000s | 92.9% | 90.6% | 96.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 86.0% | 90.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.3% | 81.8% | 85.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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- 65 Jamaica 84.6% compare
- 66 Ecuador 84.6% compare
- 67 Uzbekistan 84.5%
More poverty & inequality data for Thailand
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 in Thailand?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Thailand was 85.2% 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 $30 a day recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.8% in 2022.
- How does Thailand rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Thailand ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a 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 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 $30 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 $30 per day.