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Population: 66,443,000
GNI PPP Per Capita (U.S$): $13,510 Women as Percentage of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 44% Women as Percentage of Parliament: 16% CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 4.4 Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 71% Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel: 97% Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: 0.364 Economy: Big Mac Index: $1.51 for one Big Mac in U.S dollars. Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -2.2 as of 2012 Economy: Human Development Index: 0.778 Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 6.5 years Education: Education Spending (% of GDP): 5.2% Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 15.99 Education: Primary Education Teachers per 1000: 5.26 Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $88.1 in U.S Dollars Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: 2.2 per 1,000 people Health: Physicians Per 1000: 0.37 per 1,000 people Media: Televisions: 15.19 million Media: Per Capita Televisions: 235.55 In 2011 Thailand income has upgraded from a lower-middle income economy to upper-middle income economy, its GNI per capita is $4,210. Because of the improvement in its economy poverty has been significantly reduced. Thailand has been engage in macroeconomic management with a low public debts and inflation. Many foreign direct investment are located in Thailand and expanded variety of manufacturing goods. To improve its economy even further "[h]igher levels of education and skills as well as creativity, innovation, and competition will be necessary" () and raising the productivity of agricultural and services will be needed as well.
In comparison to the United States, Thailand an LDC ranked 89 in Human Development Index with 0.722 while the United States ranked number 5 with 0.914 HDI. Gross national income of Thailand is also significantly lower than the U.S, 13,364.3 compares to 52,308.38. Overall, almost every development measures of Thailand is lower than the U.S for example health, education, and technology accessibility. With the exception of Gender Inequality Index and poverty.
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Percentage of GDP as Industry: 43.6%
Percentage of GDP as Agriculture: 12.1% Percentage of GDP as Service: 44.2% Total Labor Force: 39.38 million Percentage of Labor Force in Industry: 13.6% Percentage of Labor Force in Agriculture: 38.2% Unemployment Rate: 0.7% Public Debt (% of GDP): 45.9% of GDP Industries: Tourism, garments and textiles, agricultural processing, tobacco, furniture, world's-second largest tungsten producer and third largest in producer. Export commodities: Electronics, computer parts, automobile parts, textiles and footwear, rice, and rubber. Export Partners and Percentage: China 11.7%, Japan 10.2%, U.S 9.9%, Hong Kong 5.7%, Malaysia 5.4%, Indonesia 4.9%, Singapore 4.7%, Australia 4.3%. Value of Imports: $219 billion Import Commodities: Capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods and fuel. Import Partners and Percentage: Japan 20%, China 14.9%, UAE 6.3%, Malaysia 5.3%, U.S 5.3%. Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 30.59 baht per U.S dollar. Electricity Production: 173.3 billion KWH Electricity Consumption: 169.4 billion KWH Electricity from Fossil Fuel: 89% of total installed capacity Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 10.9% of total installed capacity Electricity from Renewable Source: 0.2% of total installed capacity Refine Oil Production: 913,600 bbl per day Refine Oil Consumption: 721,100 bbl per day Natural Gas Production: 36.99 billion cu m Natural Gas Consumption: 45.08 billion cu m Number of Land/Main Line Telephones: 6.391 million Number of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 84.075 million Number of Internet Host: 3.399 million Number of Internet Users: 17.483 million Number of airports: 101 airports in total Number of airports with Paved Runways: There are 63 airports with paved runways. Number of kilometers of Roadways: 180,053 kilometers Number of kilometers of Waterway: there are 4,000 kilometers of waterways Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Location of major ports and terminals are Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Map ta Phut, Prachuap Port,and Si Racha. |
- http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Topic.aspx
- http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Thailand
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
- http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/THA
- http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2011/08/02/thailand-now-upper-middle-income-economy