Thailand

Capital Bangkok. 71.6 million people, Thai baht (THB), about 34.5 THB to the dollar.

Thailand is the one of the cheapest of 12 countries with price data, at 0.4 where the United States is 1.00.

Output per person is $23,000 adjusted for purchasing power, and income per person is $7,200 at market rates.

Price level compared with the United States (1.00), across every country with data. Source: World Bank, PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate.

Key figures

Indicator	Thailand
Price level (US = 1.00)	0.4 (seed)
GDP per person, PPP	$23,000 (seed)
Income per person (GNI)	$7,200 (seed)
Inflation	1.2% (seed)
Unemployment	1% (seed)
Life expectancy	79 yrs (seed)
Internet users	88% (seed)
Homicides per 100k	2.5 (seed)
Urban population	53% (seed)

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Basics

Region: South-Eastern Asia
Languages: Thai
Time zones: UTC+07:00
Area: 513,120 km²

Sources and dates

World Bank Indicators (price level, GDP, income, inflation, unemployment, life expectancy, internet use, homicides, urbanisation). Latest available year shown per figure.
REST Countries for names, capitals, currencies, languages and population.
Exchange rates: European Central Bank via Frankfurter, seed.
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