Economic Trivia

Thailand has one of the lowest unemployment levels in the world, at less than 1%.

Trade Source: United Nations Comtrade
Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.

Top 3 Trade Partners (2021): China, Japan, and United States
Top 3 Exported Goods (2021): Industrial Machinery, Electrical Machinery, and Motor Vehicles & Parts

Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook

Tourism; Textiles and Garments; Agricultural Processing; Beverages

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [1]

GDP, PPP (current international) $1,482,098,413,872 (2022)
GDP Growth Rate (annual %) 2.595% (2022)
GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international) $20,672 (2022)
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GDP Country Rank 23/197 (2022)

GDP Composition %

Note: GDP composition percentage may exceed 100. Manufacturing is included in the Industry figures and is also reported separately because it plays a critical role in many economies.

Economic Indicators [1]

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 6.077% (2022)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) $210,982,125,439 (2021)
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) 29.5% (2019)
Real Interest Rate (5 year average %) -1.501% (2022)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 27.022% (2022)
Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$) ($17,229,986,989) (2022)
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Labor and Employment [1]

Labor Force, Total 40,237,746 (2022)
Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment) 31.591% (2021)
Employment in Industry (% of total employment) 22.512% (2021)
Employment in Services (% of total employment) 45.898% (2021)
Unemployment Rate 0.862% (2022)
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Trade [1]

Imports of goods and services (current US$) $337,467,665,324 (2022)
Exports of goods and services (current US$) $325,859,926,389 (2022)
Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 119.162% (2022)
FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$) $10,196,091,866 (2022)
Commercial Service Exports (current US$) $40,224,302,923 (2022)
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Economic Snapshot [1]

Note: Percentile ranks are calculated using the latest available data for all countries within the last 5 years.

How to interpret the graph: The purpose of this graph is to take a snapshot of a country’s economy in comparison to other economies. For example, Thailand’s Exports rank is higher than (please wait...) of the countries in the dataset. For Exports, FDI and GDP measures, a higher rank (closer to 100%) indicates a stronger economy. Conversely, for Unemployment and Inflation, a lower rank (closer to 0%) indicates a stronger economy.

Due to unavailable data the following indicators have been omitted:
  • Exports
  • FDI, net inflows
  • GDP Growth Rate
  • GDP Per Capita
  • Inflation
  • Unemployment

Sources

  1. The World Bank