East Asia & Pacific · Upper middle income
Thailand: the economy in numbers
Per person: $8,057, or $26,250 at purchasing power parity. Population: 71.6 million (2025).
$577B+2.4%real GDP growth, 2025
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #29 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +2.1%.
GDP per capita
$8,057
2025 · #107 of 204
GDP per capita, PPP
$26,250
2025 · #86 of 197
Inflation
−0.1%
2025 · IMF forecast 2026: 2.1%
Government debt
62.9%
2024 · % of GDP, general government
Population
71.6M
2025 · #20 of 217
Unemployment
0.8%
2025 · ILO estimate
Stock market capitalization
88.8%
2025 · % of GDP · $512B
Life expectancy
76.6 years
2024
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $30.1 billion in 1960, $577 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $1,120 per person in 1960, $8,057 in 2025.
GDP per capitaGDP per capita, PPP (international $)
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 1.9% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 4 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 58.2% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 24.3% in 1974.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1996: 62.9% of GDP in 2024. IMF forecast for 2031: 69.7%.
General government (IMF)Central government only (World Bank)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $512 billion, or 88.8% of GDP.
Population
1960: 26.9 million · 2025: 71.6 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 2.6% · 2025: 0.8%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 50.6 years · 2024: 76.6 years.
Exports of goods and services
1960: 16.1% · 2025: 71.1%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 69.7%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 2.5%f | 1.8%f | 69.6%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 2.5%f | 1.7%f | 69.4%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 2.3%f | 1.5%f | 69.1%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 2.1%f | 1.7%f | 68.5%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2.1%f | 2.1%f | 67.2%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $577B | $8,057 | $26,250 | 2.4% | −0.1% | 64.7%e | 71.6M | 0.8% | 88.8% | 71.1% | |
| 2024 | $529B | $7,387 | $24,909 | 2.9% | 0.4% | 62.9% | 71.7M | 0.8% | 98.2% | 76.6 | 69.7% |
| 2023 | $517B | $7,211 | $23,598 | 2.2% | 1.2% | 62.2% | 71.7M | 0.7% | 100.5% | 76.4 | 65.5% |
| 2022 | $496B | $6,910 | $22,246 | 2.6% | 6.1% | 60.5% | 71.7M | 0.9% | 121.9% | 75.3 | 65.3% |
| 2021 | $506B | $7,055 | $20,237 | 1.6% | 1.2% | 58.4% | 71.7M | 1.2% | 118.3% | 77.6 | 58.4% |
| 2020 | $500B | $6,983 | $19,157 | −6.1% | −0.8% | 49.4% | 71.6M | 1.1% | 108.6% | 77.3 | 51.3% |
| 2019 | $544B | $7,606 | $19,963 | 2.1% | 0.7% | 41.1% | 71.5M | 0.7% | 104.6% | 77.2 | 59.5% |
| 2018 | $507B | $7,100 | $18,876 | 4.2% | 1.1% | 41.9% | 71.4M | 0.8% | 98.8% | 77.2 | 64.8% |
| 2017 | $456B | $6,413 | $17,573 | 4.2% | 0.7% | 41.8% | 71.2M | 0.8% | 120.3% | 77.0 | 66.7% |
| 2016 | $413B | $5,834 | $16,671 | 3.4% | 0.2% | 41.7% | 70.9M | 0.7% | 104.7% | 76.8 | 67.1% |
| 2015 | $401B | $5,689 | $15,791 | 3.1% | −0.9% | 42.6% | 70.5M | 0.6% | 86.9% | 76.6 | 67.6% |
| 2014 | $407B | $5,801 | $15,365 | 1.0% | 1.9% | 43.3% | 70.2M | 0.6% | 105.7% | 76.3 | 68.4% |
| 2013 | $420B | $6,018 | $15,216 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 42.2% | 69.8M | 0.2% | 84.3% | 76.0 | 67.2% |
| 2012 | $398B | $5,726 | $14,617 | 7.2% | 3.0% | 41.9% | 69.4M | 0.6% | 98.0% | 75.6 | 69.0% |
| 2011 | $371B | $5,374 | $13,227 | 0.8% | 3.8% | 39.1% | 69M | 0.7% | 72.4% | 75.3 | 70.9% |
| 2010 | $341B | $4,974 | $12,932 | 7.5% | 3.2% | 39.8% | 68.6M | 0.6% | 81.4% | 75.0 | 66.5% |
| 2009 | $282B | $4,135 | $11,964 | −0.7% | −0.8% | 42.4% | 68.1M | 1.5% | 62.8% | 74.7 | 64.4% |
| 2008 | $291B | $4,309 | $12,062 | 1.7% | 5.5% | 34.9% | 67.6M | 1.2% | 35.4% | 74.2 | 71.4% |
| 2007 | $263B | $3,919 | $11,723 | 5.4% | 2.2% | 36.0% | 67.1M | 1.2% | 75.0% | 73.8 | 68.9% |
| 2006 | $222B | $3,331 | $10,912 | 5.0% | 4.6% | 39.2% | 66.6M | 1.2% | 63.2% | 73.3 | 68.7% |
| 2005 | $189B | $2,868 | $10,169 | 4.2% | 4.5% | 45.5% | 66M | 1.4% | 65.4% | 72.9 | 68.4% |
| 2004 | $173B | $2,642 | $9,545 | 6.3% | 2.8% | 46.3% | 65.5M | 1.5% | 66.7% | 72.1 | 66.0% |
| 2003 | $152B | $2,348 | $8,824 | 7.2% | 1.8% | 47.5% | 64.9M | 1.5% | 78.2% | 72.1 | 61.5% |
| 2002 | $134B | $2,090 | $8,148 | 6.1% | 0.7% | 54.9% | 64.3M | 1.8% | 33.9% | 71.8 | 60.6% |
| 2001 | $120B | $1,890 | $7,632 | 3.4% | 1.6% | 57.5% | 63.7M | 2.6% | 29.9% | 71.5 | 63.3% |
| 2000 | $126B | $2,006 | $7,289 | 4.5% | 1.6% | 57.8% | 63M | 2.4% | 23.1% | 71.2 | 64.8% |
| 1999 | $127B | $2,033 | $6,901 | 4.6% | 0.3% | 56.6% | 62.3M | 3.0% | 45.1% | 71.0 | 56.4% |
| 1998 | $114B | $1,848 | $6,590 | −7.6% | 8.0% | 49.9% | 61.5M | 3.4% | 30.1% | 70.7 | 57.9% |
| 1997 | $150B | $2,473 | $7,148 | −2.8% | 5.6% | 40.5% | 60.7M | 0.9% | 15.2% | 70.4 | 48.2% |
| 1996 | $183B | $3,055 | $7,322 | 5.7% | 5.8% | 15.2% | 59.9M | 1.1% | 52.8% | 69.9 | 39.0% |
| 1995 | $169B | $2,864 | $6,901 | 8.1% | 5.8% | 59.1M | 1.1% | 82.9% | 69.8 | 41.5% | |
| 1994 | $147B | $2,518 | $6,341 | 8.0% | 5.0% | 58.3M | 1.3% | 86.6% | 69.7 | 38.2% | |
| 1993 | $129B | $2,245 | $5,834 | 8.3% | 3.3% | 57.4M | 1.5% | 99.4% | 69.6 | 36.8% | |
| 1992 | $111B | $1,972 | $5,347 | 8.1% | 4.1% | 56.5M | 1.4% | 51.4% | 69.4 | 37.0% | |
| 1991 | $98.2B | $1,766 | $4,914 | 8.6% | 5.7% | 55.6M | 2.6% | 38.8% | 69.1 | 36.0% | |
| 1990 | $85.3B | $1,559 | $4,451 | 11.2% | 5.9% | 54.7M | 24.0% | 68.9 | 34.1% | ||
| 1989 | $72.3B | $1,342 | 12.2% | 5.4% | 53.8M | 32.0% | 68.6 | 34.9% | |||
| 1988 | $61.7B | $1,164 | 13.3% | 3.9% | 53M | 68.2 | 33.0% | ||||
| 1987 | $50.5B | $970 | 9.5% | 2.5% | 52.1M | 67.8 | 28.9% | ||||
| 1986 | $43.1B | $842 | 5.5% | 1.8% | 51.2M | 67.3 | 25.6% | ||||
| 1985 | $38.9B | $774 | 4.6% | 2.4% | 50.3M | 66.5 | 23.2% | ||||
| 1984 | $41.8B | $847 | 5.8% | 0.9% | 49.4M | 65.5 | 21.9% | ||||
| 1983 | $40B | $827 | 5.6% | 3.7% | 48.4M | 64.5 | 20.1% | ||||
| 1982 | $36.6B | $770 | 5.4% | 5.3% | 47.5M | 63.6 | 22.9% | ||||
| 1981 | $34.8B | $748 | 5.9% | 12.7% | 46.6M | 62.9 | 23.8% | ||||
| 1980 | $32.4B | $709 | 5.2% | 19.7% | 45.7M | 62.2 | 24.1% | ||||
| 1979 | $27.4B | $612 | 5.4% | 9.9% | 44.7M | 61.7 | 22.6% | ||||
| 1978 | $24B | $548 | 10.3% | 7.9% | 43.8M | 61.3 | 19.9% | ||||
| 1977 | $19.8B | $462 | 9.8% | 7.6% | 42.8M | 60.9 | 20.0% | ||||
| 1976 | $17B | $405 | 9.3% | 4.1% | 41.9M | 60.4 | 20.2% | ||||
| 1975 | $14.9B | $364 | 5.0% | 5.3% | 40.9M | 59.7 | 18.4% | ||||
| 1974 | $13.7B | $343 | 4.5% | 24.3% | 40M | 59.0 | 21.6% | ||||
| 1973 | $10.8B | $278 | 10.2% | 15.5% | 38.9M | 58.3 | 18.6% | ||||
| 1972 | $8.18B | $216 | 4.3% | 4.8% | 37.9M | 57.7 | 18.2% | ||||
| 1971 | $7.38B | $200 | 4.9% | 0.5% | 36.9M | 57.1 | 16.0% | ||||
| 1970 | $7.09B | $197 | 11.4% | −0.1% | 36M | 56.5 | 15.0% | ||||
| 1969 | $6.7B | $191 | 6.6% | 2.5% | 35M | 55.7 | 16.1% | ||||
| 1968 | $6.08B | $179 | 8.1% | 1.8% | 34M | 55.0 | 16.9% | ||||
| 1967 | $5.64B | $171 | 8.6% | 4.3% | 33M | 54.3 | 18.2% | ||||
| 1966 | $5.28B | $165 | 11.1% | 4.0% | 32.1M | 53.7 | 17.6% | ||||
| 1965 | $4.39B | $141 | 8.2% | 0.2% | 31.1M | 53.1 | 16.9% | ||||
| 1964 | $3.89B | $129 | 6.8% | −0.8% | 30.2M | 52.5 | 17.4% | ||||
| 1963 | $3.54B | $121 | 8.0% | 0.0% | 29.3M | 52.0 | 15.1% | ||||
| 1962 | $3.31B | $116 | 7.6% | 3.7% | 28.5M | 51.4 | 15.7% | ||||
| 1961 | $3.03B | $110 | 5.4% | 7.4% | 27.7M | 51.1 | 17.3% | ||||
| 1960 | $2.76B | $103 | −0.8% | 26.9M | 50.6 | 16.1% |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in East Asia & Pacific
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
American Samoa · Australia · Brunei · Cambodia · China · Fiji · French Polynesia · Guam · Hong Kong · Indonesia · Japan · Kiribati · Laos · Macao · Malaysia · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · North Korea · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Samoa · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Korea · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu · Vietnam
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
- Fiscal year: the IMF reports this economy by fiscal year (latest actual: FY2024/25), so IMF numbers can differ from calendar-year World Bank figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)