THB
Thailand
Thailand's unemployment rate is 0.78 %, the 3rd lowest of 124. And its money's value is 63.20 %, ranked 13th of 116.
Of 19 fields published for Thailand, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
31 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,574 PPP/mo
The average employee in Thailand earns about $1,574 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
63.20 %
100 saved in Thailand in 2000 buys what 63 buys today — 37 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,574 PPP/mo
The average employee in Thailand earns about $1,574 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$822 PPP/mo
The law in Thailand sets the floor at about $822 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What does borrowing actually cost here?
House price growth
1.93 %
Real house prices in Thailand rose 1.9 % over the past year — beyond general inflation.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
1.28 %
A bank account in Thailand currently gains about 1.3 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
1.15 %
Inflation rate
-0.13 %
Prices in Thailand actually fell 0.1 % over the year — deflation.
Price level
31 % of US prices
ranked 20th of 125
Bank spread
3.84 %
ranked 21st of 62
Corporate tax
20.00 %
ranked 35th of 96
Where Thailand sits, field by field
Each dot is Thailand’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Unemployment rate0.78 %3 of 124
- Money's value63.20 %13 of 116
- Deposit rate1.15 %60 of 70
- Price level31 % of US prices20 of 125
- Lending rate4.99 %13 of 67
- Inflation rate-0.13 %93 of 126
- Bank spread3.84 %21 of 62
- Corporate tax20.00 %35 of 96
- Minimum wage$822 PPP/mo32 of 86
- Government debt64.70 %77 of 124
- Real policy rate1.13 %22 of 53
- GDP per capita$8,05776 of 127
- GDP growth2.44 %75 of 127
- Average monthly salary$1,574 PPP/mo53 of 92
- Savings vs inflation1.28 %31 of 70
- House price growth1.93 %25 of 54
- Debt per person$5,21357 of 123
- Median salary$1,226 PPP/mo42 of 78
- Currency-2.27 %35 of 71
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Fiji
avg gap 14.8 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 0.78 % (Thailand) vs 5.35 %
El Salvador
avg gap 15.9 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 2.44 % (Thailand) vs 3.91 %
Malaysia
avg gap 16.2 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 2.44 % (Thailand) vs 5.17 %
Panama
avg gap 19.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 0.78 % (Thailand) vs 8.36 %
| Minimum wage | $822 PPP/mo | ranked 32nd of 86 | |
| Government debt | 64.70 % | ranked 77th of 124 | |
| Real policy rate | 1.13 % | ranked 22nd of 53 | |
| GDP per capita | $8,057 | ranked 76th of 127 | |
| GDP growth | 2.44 % | ranked 75th of 127 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,574 PPP/mo | ranked 53rd of 92 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 1.28 % | ranked 31st of 70 | |
| House price growth | 1.93 % | ranked 25th of 54 | |
| Debt per person | $5,213 | ranked 57th of 123 | |
| Median salary | $1,226 PPP/mo | ranked 42nd of 78 | |
| Currency | -2.27 % | ranked 35th of 71 |
✓ 19 fields published for Thailand, every one dated and sourced · 16 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Thailand: mortgage rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays.
Sources for all 19 figures
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-08
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- House price growth — BIS residential property prices · 2026-Q1
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
What changed
| 12 Sept 2026 | Bank spread (lending − deposit) | 2.79 → 3.84 |
| 12 Sept 2026 | Bank lending rate | 3.94 → 4.99 |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -2.25 → -2.27 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 4984 → 5213 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 61.861415782411 → 64.7 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1.93 → -2.25 |
| 5 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -2.65 → -1.93 |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -2.66 → -2.65 |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -2.59 → -2.66 |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -2.18 → -2.59 |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1.87 → -2.18 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1.92 → -1.87 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1.62 → -1.92 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.98 → -1.62 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.82 → -0.98 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.8 → -0.82 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.06 → -0.8 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.14 → -0.06 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.12 → -0.14 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.69 → -0.12 |