Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand

Thailand: Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency was 0.7205 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7205
Change on year
down 5.2%
World rank
15th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.8496
in 1997
All-time low
0.4954
in 1988
Years of data
35
1985–2021

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand, 1985–2021

00.20.40.60.81985200320211985: 0.5171986: 0.5071987: 0.5211988: 0.4951989: 0.5161990: 0.5491991: 0.5681992: 0.6931993: 0.7071994: 0.671995: 0.7291997: 0.851998: 0.6561999: 0.6282000: 0.6182001: 0.6082002: 0.5482003: 0.5332004: 0.5152005: 0.5522006: 0.5372007: 0.5372008: 0.5242009: 0.5242010: 0.5212011: 0.5222012: 0.5592014: 0.6712015: 0.7042016: 0.6792017: 0.6982018: 0.7282019: 0.7032020: 0.762021: 0.721

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2021, median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand stood at 0.7205.

The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 38.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand peaked at 0.8496 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.4954, in 1988.

Thailand ranks 15th 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.

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand, year by year

Annual values for Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education in Thailand, 1985 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1985 0.5166
1986 0.5072 -1.8%
1987 0.5208 +2.7%
1988 0.4954 -4.9%
1989 0.5156 +4.1%
1990 0.5487 +6.4%
1991 0.5678 +3.5%
1992 0.6929 +22.0%
1993 0.7068 +2.0%
1994 0.6698 -5.2%
1995 0.7292 +8.9%
1997 0.8496 +16.5%
1998 0.6556 -22.8%
1999 0.6276 -4.3%
2000 0.6177 -1.6%
2001 0.6078 -1.6%
2002 0.5484 -9.8%
2003 0.5329 -2.8%
2004 0.5152 -3.3%
2005 0.552 +7.1%
2006 0.5369 -2.7%
2007 0.5374 +0.1%
2008 0.5241 -2.5%
2009 0.5242 +0.0%
2010 0.5208 -0.6%
2011 0.5221 +0.2%
2012 0.5585 +7.0%
2014 0.6705 +20.1%
2015 0.7037 +4.9%
2016 0.6792 -3.5%
2017 0.6977 +2.7%
2018 0.7283 +4.4%
2019 0.7031 -3.5%
2020 0.7598 +8.1%
2021 0.7205 -5.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5111 0.4954 0.5208 5
1990s 0.672 0.5487 0.8496 9
2000s 0.5497 0.5152 0.6177 10
2010s 0.6427 0.5208 0.7283 9
2020s 0.7401 0.7205 0.7598 2

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 12 Sri Lanka 0.8569 compare
  2. 13 Mongolia 0.8319 compare
  3. 14 Uruguay 0.8275 compare
  4. 16 Bangladesh 0.7029 compare
  5. 17 Mauritius 0.7 compare
  6. 18 Dominican Republic 0.5543 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand?
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Thailand was 0.7205 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 0.8496 in 1997.
What is the lowest median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4954 in 1988.
How does Thailand rank for median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency?
Thailand ranks 15th out of 67 countries with data for 2021.
Is median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. 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 Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 912 data points, 1981–2021
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