Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand

Thailand: Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and was 0.9591 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.9591
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
8th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.963
in 2014
All-time low
0.5431
in 1988
Years of data
35
1985–2021

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand, 1985–2021

00.20.40.60.811985200320211985: 0.5711986: 0.5711987: 0.5711988: 0.5431989: 0.6251990: 0.6491991: 0.691992: 0.6961993: 0.751994: 0.7691995: 0.7671997: 0.8111998: 0.7781999: 0.8332000: 0.8522001: 0.8452002: 0.8752003: 0.8782004: 0.8542005: 0.8222006: 0.8512007: 0.842008: 0.92009: 0.92010: 0.9072011: 0.8332012: 0.8962014: 0.9632015: 0.9182016: 0.8712017: 0.8962018: 0.9392019: 0.9372020: 0.9562021: 0.959

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand is 0.9591, measured in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand peaked at 0.963 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5431, in 1988.

Thailand ranks 8th of 67 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand, year by year

Annual values for Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Thailand, 1985 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1985 0.5714
1986 0.5714 +0.0%
1987 0.5714 +0.0%
1988 0.5431 -5.0%
1989 0.625 +15.1%
1990 0.6485 +3.8%
1991 0.6904 +6.5%
1992 0.6957 +0.8%
1993 0.75 +7.8%
1994 0.7692 +2.6%
1995 0.7672 -0.3%
1997 0.8108 +5.7%
1998 0.7778 -4.1%
1999 0.8333 +7.1%
2000 0.8524 +2.3%
2001 0.845 -0.9%
2002 0.875 +3.6%
2003 0.878 +0.3%
2004 0.8537 -2.8%
2005 0.8222 -3.7%
2006 0.8511 +3.5%
2007 0.8401 -1.3%
2008 0.9 +7.1%
2009 0.9 +0.0%
2010 0.9073 +0.8%
2011 0.8333 -8.2%
2012 0.8955 +7.5%
2014 0.963 +7.5%
2015 0.9176 -4.7%
2016 0.8705 -5.1%
2017 0.8956 +2.9%
2018 0.9389 +4.8%
2019 0.9371 -0.2%
2020 0.9562 +2.0%
2021 0.9591 +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5765 0.5431 0.625 5
1990s 0.7492 0.6485 0.8333 9
2000s 0.8618 0.8222 0.9 10
2010s 0.9065 0.8333 0.963 9
2020s 0.9577 0.9562 0.9591 2

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 5 Türkiye 0.9901 compare
  2. 6 Nicaragua 0.9723 compare
  3. 7 Honduras 0.9722 compare
  4. 9 Slovenia 0.953 compare
  5. 10 El Salvador 0.913 compare
  6. 11 Chile 0.9 compare

See the full ranking of 67 places →

More reference data data for Thailand

All data for Thailand →

Frequently asked questions

What is female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand?
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand was 0.9591 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 0.963 in 2014.
What is the lowest female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5431 in 1988.
How does Thailand rank for female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and?
Thailand ranks 8th out of 67 countries with data for 2021.
Is female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand. Statizoid. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/female-to-male-gender-wage-gap-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below/thailand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/female-to-male-gender-wage-gap-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below/thailand/">Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and in Thailand</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, primary education and below
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 870 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed