Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand
Thailand: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
0.2%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
39th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 1994
All-time low
0.2%
in 2011
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
The most recent figure for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand is 0.2%, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 11.8% 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, 0.2%, in 2011.
That places Thailand 39th out of 40 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.5% | — |
| 1996 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -26.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +28.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -34.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -32.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +35.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -21.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +26.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 35% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 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 0.2% 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 0.2% in 2011.
- How does Thailand rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Thailand ranks 39th out of 40 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 up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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