Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Thailand

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Thailand in 2024 — 11.7%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 25. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 66.8 pp.

2024 11.7% +1.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 4of 25
Period maximum 78.5%1981
Period minimum 9.9%2022

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Thailand, 1981–202402040608019811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 78.5%1988: 77.9%1990: 74%1992: 68%1994: 62.5%1996: 58.6%1998: 56.3%1999: 60.6%2000: 61.2%2002: 53.3%2004: 46.7%2006: 39.5%2007: 37.4%2008: 35.2%2009: 32.2%2010: 30%2011: 25.5%2012: 24.9%2013: 21.8%2014: 20.9%2015: 16.9%2016: 17.9%2017: 17.2%2018: 17.8%2019: 15.2%2020: 15.1%2021: 14.1%2022: 9.9%2023: 9.9%2024: 11.7%
Change over the period: −66.8 pp Annual average: -1.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Thailand

Thailand 11.7%
World 46.1%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.7 +1.8 pp
2023 9.9 +0 pp
2022 9.9 −4.2 pp
2021 14.1 −1 pp
2020 15.1 −0.1 pp
2019 15.2 −2.6 pp
2018 17.8 +0.6 pp
2017 17.2 −0.7 pp
2016 17.9 +1 pp
2015 16.9 −4 pp
2014 20.9 −0.9 pp
2013 21.8 −3.1 pp
2012 24.9 −0.6 pp
2011 25.5 −4.5 pp
2010 30 −2.2 pp
2009 32.2 −3 pp
2008 35.2 −2.2 pp
2007 37.4 −2.1 pp
2006 39.5
2004 46.7
2002 53.3
2000 61.2 +0.6 pp
1999 60.6 +4.3 pp
1998 56.3
1996 58.6
1994 62.5
1992 68
1990 74
1988 77.9
1981 78.5

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.