International Rankings of Thailand 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Thailand, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Thailand, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	86	14.63	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	19	10.109 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	124	56.82 %	2018
Internet users - total	22	38.988 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	138	7.84	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	27	5.415 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	9	187.62	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	14	129.614 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	39	85.120 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	43	69.230 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	64	3.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	31	67.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	17	80.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	29	92.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	42	84.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	25	543.798 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	30	68.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	74	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	154	48.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	118	54.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	62	23.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	59	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	86	8.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	37	36.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	116	55.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	48	31.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	23	2.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	71	1.6 %	2017
Labor force	17	37.546 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	54	31.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	86	16.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	102	51.5 %	2015
Population below poverty line	135	9.9	2018
Public debt	36	41.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	18	1.285 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	72	18460 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	147	15.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	20	355.000 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	76	790	2015
Crude oil - imports	13	875400	2015
Crude oil - production	35	228000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	46	349.400 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	23	187.700 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	45	2.267 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	23	76	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	61	8	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	25	16	2017
Electricity - imports	12	19.830 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	25	44.890 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	24	181.500 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	17	52.640 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	22	14.410 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	23	38.590 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	43	193.400 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	17	1.326 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	30	278300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	45	134200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	15	1.328 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	19	283.76 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	18	86.98 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	63	26.23 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	87	41.2	2018
Land use - arable land	27	30.8	2018
Land use - forest	78	37.2	2018
Land use - other	109	21.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	35	8.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	149	1.6	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	67	0.34 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	26	438.610 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	13	51.790 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	33	2.777 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	31	2.739 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	89	1.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	122	52.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	13	26.853 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	11	5.129 million tons	2012
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	40	19.1 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	53	510890 sq km	0
Area - total	53	513120 sq km	0
Area - water	100	223053 sq km	0
Coastline	37	3219 km	0
Elevation - highest point	73	2565 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	109	287 meters	0
Irrigated land	9	64150 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	28	5673 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	87	41.2	2018
Land use - arable land	27	30.8	2018
Land use - forest	78	37.2	2018
Land use - other	109	21.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	35	8.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	149	1.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	26	438.610 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	132	13.02 %	0997
Age structure - 25-54 years	21	45.69 %	5353
Age structure - 55-64 years	47	13.01 %	4801
Birth rate	172	10.25 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	22	73 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	72	3.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	87	7.66 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	49	18.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	96	5.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	139	41.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	146	23.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	38	4.1 % of GDP	2013
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	28	1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	14	12000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	15	500000	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.1 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	155	5.92 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	157	7.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	158	6.58 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	63	80.6 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	74	74.39 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	71	77.41 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	87	37	2017
Median age - female	45	40.1 years	2020
Median age - male	39	37.8 years	0
Median age - total	40	39 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	49	23.3	2009
Net migration rate	73	0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	104	10 %	2016
Physicians density	110	0.81 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	20	69.481 million	2021
Population growth rate	132	0.26 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	112	0.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	34	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	125	1.54 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	129	5.3	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	128	3.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	131	4.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	89	1.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	122	52.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	53	101	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	24	23	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	27	12	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	31	14	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	19	8	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	35	63	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	60	38	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	43	26	2013
Heliports	19	7	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	73	2.666 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	16	76.053 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	20	283	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	13	15	2020
Railways - total	46	4127 km	2017
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	25	4000 km	0109

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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