Thailand

Unemployment rate: 0.7% in 2017

Population below poverty line: 7.2% in 2015

Household income or consumption by percentage share: 2.8% for the lowest 10% and 31.5% for the highest 10% in 2009

Political parties and leaders: Chat Thai Phatthana Party or CTP (Thai Nation Development Party), Phumchai (Bhumjai) Thai Party or PJT (Thai Pride) [ANUTHIN Chanwirakun], Prachathipat Party or DP (Democrat Party) [ABHISIT Wechachiwa, also spelled ABHISIT Vejjajiva], and Puea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [acting leader WIROT Paoin]

International organizations: ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, BIS, CD, CICA, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, and WTO.

Monarch: Maha Vajiralongkorn

Prime Minister: Prayut Chan-o-cha

Female representation in parliament: –

Government type: constitutional monarchy; note – interim military-affiliated government since May 2014

Administrative districts: 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural) and 1 municipality* (maha nakhon); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Bueng Kan, Buri Ram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep* (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Saraburi, Satun, Sing Buri, Si Sa Ket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon

Independence: 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)

National holidays: Birthday of King Maha VAJIRALONGKORN, 28 July (1952)

Military expenditure: 1.5% of GDP in 2017

Military branches: Royal Thai Armed Forces (Kongthap Thai, RTARF): Royal Thai Army (Kongthap Bok Thai, RTA), Royal Thai Navy (Kongthap Ruea Thai, RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Kongthap Agard Thai, RTAF) in 2017

Nationality: Thai

Population: 68,414,135 in July 2017

Ethnic groups: Thai 97.5%, Burmese 1.3%, other 1.1%, and unspecified <1% (2015 est.)

Religions: Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.3%, Christian 1%, other <.1%, none <1% in 2015

Age structure:

0-14 years: 16.93% (male 5,933,269/female 5,649,864)
15-24 years: 14.17% (male 4,943,583/female 4,752,038)
25-54 years: 46.32% (male 15,677,322/female 16,009,399)
55-64 years: 12% (male 3,851,575/female 4,358,837)
65 years and over: 10.58% (male 3,165,799/female 4,072,449) in 2017

Dependency ratio: total dependency ratio: 40
youth dependency ratio: 25.2
elderly dependency ratio: 14.8
potential support ratio: 6.8 in 2015

Population growth rate: 0.3% in 2017

Birth rate: 11 births/1,000 population in 2017

Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population in 2017

Urban population: 52.7% of total population in 2017

Rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change in 2015-20

Education expenditures: 4.1% of GDP in 2013

Literacy rate (age 15 and over can read and write): 92.9% of total population with ratio male: female 94.7%: 91.2% in 2015

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): –

Unemployment: 0.7% in 2017

Female labour force participation rate: –

Natural resources: tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land

Agriculture products: rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, palm oil, pineapple, livestock, fish products

Industries: tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts, agricultural machinery, air conditioning and refrigeration, ceramics, aluminum, chemical, environmental management, glass, granite and marble, leather, machinery and metal work, petrochemical, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, printing, pulp and paper, rubber, sugar, rice, fishing, cassava, world’s second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer

Industrial production growth rate: 3.6% in 2017

Labor force: 38.37 million in 2017

Labor force by occupation: agriculture (31.8%), industry (16.7%), and services (51.5%) in 2015

Exports: $228.2 billion in 2017

Commodities: automobiles and parts, computer and parts, jewelry and precious stones, polymers of ethylene in primary forms, refine fuels, electronic integrated circuits, chemical products, rice, fish products, rubber products, sugar, cassava, poultry, machinery and parts, iron and steel and their products

Imports: $190 billion in 2017

Commodities: machinery and parts, crude oil, electrical machinery and parts, chemicals, iron & steel and product, electronic integrated circuit, automobile’s parts, jewelry including silver bars and gold, computers and parts, electrical household appliances, soybean, soybean meal, wheat, cotton, and dairy products

World Press Freedom Index: –

Total subscriptions of fixed lines: 4.706 million and subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 7 in July 2016

Total subscriptions of mobile cellular: 116.606 million and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 171 in July 2016

International country code: 66 (international service is available)

Broadcast media: 26 digital TV stations in Bangkok broadcast nationally, 6 terrestrial TV stations in Bangkok broadcast nationally via relay stations – 2 of the stations are owned by the military, the other 4 are government-owned or controlled, leased to private enterprise, and all are required to broadcast government-produced news programs twice a day; multi-channel satellite and cable TV subscription services are available; radio frequencies have been allotted for more than 500 government and commercial radio stations; many small community radio stations operate with low-power transmitters in 2017

Internet country code: .th

Internet users: 32,398,778 in total that is 47.5% of population in July 2016

Area: 513,120 sq km in total with 510,890 sq km of land and 2,230 sq km of water

Land boundaries: 5,673 km in total

Border country: Burma 2,416 km, Cambodia 817 km, Laos 1,845 km, and Malaysia 595 km

Climate: tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid

Land use: 41.2% for agricultural land (30.8% arable land; 8.8% permanent crops; and 1.6% permanent pasture); 37.2% for forest; and 21.6% for other in 2011

Irrigated land: 64,150 sq km in 2012

Maternal mortality ratio: 20 deaths/100,000 live births in 2015

Infant mortality rate: 9.2 deaths/1,000 live births in total in 2017

Life expectancy at birth: 74.9 years in total population in 2017

Total fertility rate: 1.52 children born/woman in 2017

Contraceptive prevalence: 79.3% in 2010.

Health expenditures: 6.5% of GDP in 2014.

Physicians density: 0.39 physicians/1,000 population in 2011

Hospital bed density: 2.1 beds/1,000 population in 2010.