Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand
Thailand: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.0% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
0.0%
World rank
35th
of 38 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 1994
All-time low
0.0%
in 2017
Years of data
22
1994–2021
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand, 1994–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 0.0% for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand peaked at 0.5% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2017.
That places Thailand 35th out of 38 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.5% | — |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -26.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -18.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +38.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -55.8% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -21.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -46.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More health data for Thailand
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.6 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0316 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,582 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 677 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0201 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand was 0.0% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1994.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
- How does Thailand rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Thailand ranks 35th out of 38 countries with data for 2021.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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