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General profile: Thailand

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
71.702 Millions
..
514 945 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 510 890 km²
1.23 %
1.88 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-0.8 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
110 936
193 306
214 310
285 074
Merchandise imports
118 178
182 921
202 653
288 509
Merchandise trade balance
-7 241
10 385
11 657
-3 435
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
10 %10 %71 %71 %4 %4 %16 %16 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
47 86233 81224 34712 08911 84847 86233 81224 34712 08911 848
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
19 925
34 340
58 082
56 662
Services imports
26 798
41 333
42 518
64 772
Services trade balance
-6 873
-6 993
15 564
-8 110
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
23.2
17.2
9.9
10.7
Travel
48.1
58.5
71.0
52.4
Other services
28.7
24.2
19.1
36.9
TRADE INDICES
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1031051121031061091081031009695939289768583749089971029999101102100949492949898949595
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.9 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
189 318
341 105
401 296
514 945
GDP per capita, current US$
2 868
4 974
5 689
7 182
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
4.19
7.51
3.13
1.88
Current account balance, % of GDP
-4.04
3.37
6.92
1.43
Exchange rate (/US$)
40.220
31.686
34.248
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
54.617.727.865.467.554.617.727.865.467.5
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+2.0 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
8 215.64
14 554.95
5 623.78
4 547.81
FDI outflows
551.44
7 939.61
1 687.25
10 368.72
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.63
1.30
1.47
1.86
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
9 618.28 916.89 064.88 257.08 162.27 466.16 720.16 270.05 894.76 524.16 584.95 656.85 255.64 433.23 808.01 898.41 634.91 333.41 187.01 621.91 607.41 380.01 252.41 696.84 54811 08214 417-6 2843 76511 7057 8752 4915 6244 80915 4939 1351 37014 5555 3628 0549 1958 9178 2165 8595 2223 3555 0733 410FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
-1.03
5.93
11.05
2.55
Balance, % of imports
-1.49
10.09
19.86
4.13
Normalized balance
-0.007
0.048
0.090
0.020
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
12612911594107118117118122129129133134123116138130134137
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 54%Urban 54%Rural 46%Rural 46%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.206 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
4 382
3 747
5 366
4 696
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
7 179 449
8 883 542
10 313 980
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
23.30
18.80
16.45
14.98
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
17.20
14.03
13.56
14.65
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 15 April 2025