Thailand Social: Poverty and Inequality

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population

2019 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data was reported at 0.600 % in 2019. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.600 % from Dec 2019 (Median) to 2019, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.600 % in 2019 and a record low of 0.600 % in 2019. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (UNDP) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to UNDPs multidimensional poverty index. The index includes three dimensions -- health, education, and living standards.;Alkire, S., Kanagaratnam, U., and Suppa, N. (2023). ‘The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2023 country results and methodological note’, OPHI MPI Methodological Note 55, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. (https://ophi.org.uk/mpi-methodological-note-55-2/);;

Last Frequency Range
0.600 2019 yearly 2019 - 2019

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Thailand Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population

2009 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data was reported at 0.100 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.200 % for 2020. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.200 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2021, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.500 % in 2009 and a record low of 0.100 % in 2021. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Multidimensional Poverty Measure. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure includes three dimensions – monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture of poverty.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
0.100 2021 yearly 2009 - 2021

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population

1981 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 17.100 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 18.000 % for 2020. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 24.000 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2021, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.900 % in 1981 and a record low of 16.900 % in 2019. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
17.100 2021 yearly 1981 - 2021

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Thailand Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: %

1994 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 0.700 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.720 % for 2020. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.675 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2021, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.830 % in 1994 and a record low of 0.540 % in 2019. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection);Weighted average;This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Last Frequency Range
0.700 2021 yearly 1994 - 2021

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Thailand Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: %

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population

2017 - 2017 | Yearly | % | World Bank

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data was reported at 17.610 % in 2017. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 17.610 % from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.610 % in 2017 and a record low of 17.610 % in 2017. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
17.610 2017 yearly 2017 - 2017

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TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17

2015 - 2015 | Yearly | % | World Bank

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17 data was reported at 21.500 % in 2015. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17 data is updated yearly, averaging 21.500 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2015, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.500 % in 2015 and a record low of 21.500 % in 2015. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
21.500 2015 yearly 2015 - 2015

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Thailand TH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: Children (population aged 0-17): scale 0-1

2015 - 2015 | Yearly | NA | World Bank

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: Children (population aged 0-17): scale 0-1 data was reported at 0.075 NA in 2015. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: Children (population aged 0-17): scale 0-1 data is updated yearly, averaging 0.075 NA from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2015, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.075 NA in 2015 and a record low of 0.075 NA in 2015. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: Children (population aged 0-17): scale 0-1 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
0.075 2015 yearly 2015 - 2015

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Thailand TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: Children (population aged 0-17): scale 0-1

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1

2017 - 2017 | Yearly | NA | World Bank

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data was reported at 0.068 NA in 2017. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data is updated yearly, averaging 0.068 NA from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.068 NA in 2017 and a record low of 0.068 NA in 2017. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
0.068 2017 yearly 2017 - 2017

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Thailand TH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor)

2017 - 2017 | Yearly | % | World Bank

TH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data was reported at 38.700 % in 2017. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data is updated yearly, averaging 38.700 % from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.700 % in 2017 and a record low of 38.700 % in 2017. TH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Last Frequency Range
38.700 2017 yearly 2017 - 2017

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Thailand TH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor)

TH: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

1981 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

TH: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 2.400 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.600 % for 2020. TH: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 9.300 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2021, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40.000 % in 1981 and a record low of 2.400 % in 2021. TH: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $6.85 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
2.400 2021 yearly 1981 - 2021

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Thailand TH: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

TH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

1981 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

TH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 12.200 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.200 % for 2020. TH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 32.700 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2021, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76.900 % in 1981 and a record low of 12.200 % in 2021. TH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $6.85 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
12.200 2021 yearly 1981 - 2021

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Thailand TH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

TH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %

1981 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

TH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 10.000 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.600 % for 2020. TH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 12.100 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2021, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.700 % in 1981 and a record low of 9.600 % in 2019. TH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
10.000 2021 yearly 1981 - 2021

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Thailand TH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %

TH: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: %

1994 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

TH: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.000 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.021 % for 2018. TH: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.158 % from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2019, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.428 % in 1994 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2019. TH: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the $3.20 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2021. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2021.; Weighted Average; This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 1994 - 2019

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Thailand TH: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: %

TH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day

2017 - 2021 | Yearly | Intl $/Day | World Bank

TH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 7.910 Intl $/Day in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.460 Intl $/Day for 2017. TH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 7.685 Intl $/Day from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2021, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.910 Intl $/Day in 2021 and a record low of 7.460 Intl $/Day in 2017. TH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) of the bottom 40%, used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the bottom 40% of the population in the income distribution in a country.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.

Last Frequency Range
7.910 2021 yearly 2017 - 2021

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Thailand TH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day
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