Income share held by the richest 10% in Thailand

The richest 10% of people in Thailand received 26.0% of total income or consumption in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1981.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Thailand, 2024 26.0% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 26.1%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Thailand over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2002 to 2024
Period Thailand
2024 26.0%
2023 26.1%
2022 26.5%
2021 27.1%
2020 27.0%
2019 27.2%
2018 28.1%
2017 28.3%
2016 28.7%
2015 28.4%
2014 28.7%
2013 29.2%
2012 30.4%
2011 29.9%
2010 30.7%
2009 30.6%
2008 31.1%
2007 30.8%
2006 32.5%
2004 33.8%
2002 33.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 26.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 28.7%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2024 for Thailand
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform