Thailand

Key Indicators

• Capital

  Bangkok

• Main Industries/Sectors

  Automobiles & Automotive Parts; Electronics; Financial Services; Tourism

ECONOMY

TVET

• Population

  68,297,546 (2017)^c

• Sex Ratio

  0.97 male(s)/female (2017 est.)^b

• HDI

  0.740 (2015)^c

• GDP (Total)

  $455.4 billion (2017 est.)^b

• GDP (Per Capita)

  $17,900 (2017 est.)^b

• Industry/Sectors (GDP Contribution)

  Agriculture: 8.2%
  Industry: 36.2%
  Services: 55.6% (2017)^b

• Poverty Rate

  7.2% (2015 est.)^b

EDUCATION

• Education Index

  0.641 (2015)^c

• Adult Literacy Rate (% Ages 15 and Older)

  96.7% (2015)^c

• Expected Years of Schooling

  13.6 (2015)^c

• Mean Years of Schooling (Adults)

  7.9 (2015)^c

• School Dropout Rate

  6.5% (2013)^c

Employment

• Unemployment Rate (Total)

  1.1% (2015)^c

• Unemployment Rate (Youth -15 -24 Old)

  5.3% (2015)^b

• Composition of Workforce

  Agriculture: 31.8%
  Industry: 16.7%
  Services: 51.5% (2015 est.)^b

• a Population Pyramid
  b CIA World Factbook
  c UNDP HDR

  For official government data on key indicators, please refer to data released by official government source(s).