Indicators of economy in Thailand

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2018 was at about 11.072 US Dollar per capita. The GDP in Thailand reached 7.274 US Dollar per capita. The gross national product has been at 6.610 US Dollar per capita.

Inflation in Thailand was in 2019 at around 0.71%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 1.63%.

Compared to Germany, the prices for convenience goods are approximately 24.40% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 36 and is compared to other countries bad.


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Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2019

Unemployment rates Thailand

Economic performance 2018

 Thailand
Total		Thailand
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
GDP504.99 bn USD7,273.56 USD15,912.78 tn USD31,004.16 USD
Gross national product458.65 bn USD6,606.15 USD15,400.52 tn USD30,006.07 USD


15 of the 2000 largest listed companies in the world originate from Thailand. This is determined annually in the "Forbes Global 2000" list. The 10 largest companies in the country were in 2020:

Rank 170: PTT (Bangkok)
Rank 693: Siam Cement (Bangkok)
Rank 714: Kasikornbank (Bangkok)
Rank 745: Siam Commercial Bank (Bangkok)
Rank 783: CP All (Bangkok)
Rank 855: Bangkok Bank (Bangkok)
Rank 1002: Thai Beverage (Bangkok)
Rank 1046: Krung Thai Bank (Bangkok)
Rank 1068: Advanced Info Service (Bangkok)
Rank 1071: Charoen Pokphand Foods (Bangkok)

Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1979 - 2018


GDP Thailand
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Im- and Exports 2018

 Thailand
Total		Thailand
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
Exports332.44 bn USD4,788.23 USD8,712.92 bn USD16,976.10 USD
Imports283.89 bn USD4,089.01 USD8,121.06 bn USD15,822.93 USD


Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 1979 - 2018


Exports
Imports