Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Thailand
11.7% of people in Thailand lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.
Thailand, 2024
11.7%
Change from 2023
+1.8percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Thailand over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.7% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 14.1% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | – |
| 2018 | 17.8% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 20.9% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 24.9% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 25.5% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 30.0% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 32.2% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 35.2% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 37.4% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 39.5% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 46.7% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 53.3% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 9.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 20.9%, the figure has changed by −9.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.