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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Thailand economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Thailand best banks and safest banks are also available.
Located at the center of the ASEAN region, with direct links to China, Thailand is piquing investors’ interest.
USD 205.6 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Intl$ 1,320.4 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
5.4% | 1.7% | -0.7% | 7.5% | 0.8% | 7.2% | 2.7% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
1% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 4% | 4.1% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.57% | 0.88% | 0.91% | 0.95% | 0.98% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.9% | 1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
42.6% | 41.8% | 41.9% | 42.1% | 42.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.1% | 0.6% | -0.9% | -0.3% | -0.2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB+
Moody's: Baa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 433.0 billion | USD 548.8 billion | USD 500.7 billion |
Charoen Pokphand Foods, Thanachart Capital, Thai Oil, PTT PCL, Siam Commercial Bank, Siam Cement, Kasikornbank, Bangkok Bank, PTT Global Chemical, CP All, Krung Thai Bank, Thai Beverage, Indorama Ventures, Airports of Thailand, Advanced Info Service
6.4 % (2018 estimate)
66.8% (2018)
1.29% (2018)
1.45% (2018)
Automobiles and parts, computer and parts, jewelry and precious stones, polymers of ethylene in primary forms, refine fuels, electronic integrated circuits, chemical products, rice, fish products, rubber products, sugar, cassava, poultry, machinery and parts, iron and steel and their products
Machinery and parts, crude oil, electrical machinery and parts, chemicals, iron & steel and product, electronic integrated circuit, automobile’s parts, jewelry including silver bars and gold, computers and parts, electrical household appliances, soybean, soybean meal, wheat, cotton, dairy products
China 12.4%, US 11.2%, Japan 9.5%, Hong Kong 5.2%, Vietnam 4.9%, Australia 4.5%, Malaysia 4.4% (2017)
China 20%, Japan 14.5%, US 6.8%, Malaysia 5.4% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,815 million | USD 6,478 million | USD 10,493 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 12,367 million | USD 17,064 million | USD 17,714 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,214 million | USD 4,483 million | USD 2,692 million | USD 3,623 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
21 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 47 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 34 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 6 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 67 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 48 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 3 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 68 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 62 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 37 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 24 out of 190 countries
40 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 43 / Score: 68.3 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages (includes Malay, Burmese) (2010 est.)
Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.3%, Christian 1%, other (2015 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
56.3 million | 62.24 million | 65.92 million | 67.24 million | 68.02 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
19.7% | 26.8% | 31.4% | 49.9% |
Total population: 92.9%
Male: 94.7%
Female: 91.2%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
0.5% (last available estimate, 2017)
36.5 (last available estimate, 2017)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Not Free
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 4.2%
Mobile: 180.2%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)