Editing Thailand (section)

=== Income and wealth disparities ===
[[File:GDP per capita development in Thailand.jpg|thumb|Development of real GDP per capita, 1890 to 2018]]
Thais have median wealth per one adult person of $1,469 in 2016,<ref name="Wealth 2016">{{Cite book |url=http://publications.credit-suisse.com/tasks/render/file/index.cfm?fileid=AD783798-ED07-E8C2-4405996B5B02A32E |title=Global Wealth Report 2016 |date=November 2016 |publisher=Credit Suisse AG |location=Zurich |access-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515124834/http://publications.credit-suisse.com/tasks/render/file/index.cfm?fileid=AD783798-ED07-E8C2-4405996B5B02A32E |archive-date=15 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|98}} increasing from $605 in 2010.<ref name="Wealth 2016" />{{rp|34}} In 2016, Thailand was [[List of countries by Human Development Index|ranked 87th in Human Development Index]], and [[List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI|70th in the inequality-adjusted HDI]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table 3: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index |url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/IHDI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129103442/http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/IHDI |archive-date=29 January 2016 |access-date=25 April 2018 |publisher=Human Development Report Office, [[United Nations Development Programme]]}}</ref>

In 2017, Thailand's median household income was ฿26,946 per month.<ref name="NSO 2560">{{Cite web |script-title=th:บทสรุปผู้บริหาร การสำรวจภาวะเศรษฐกิจและสังคมของครัวเรือน พ.ศ. 2560 |url=http://www.nso.go.th/sites/2014/DocLib13/%e0%b8%94%e0%b9%89%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a1/%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%82%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a2%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%94%e0%b9%89/%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a8%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%a9%e0%b8%90%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%88%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%a7%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b7%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%99/60/Sum_Eco-Socio60.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426213254/http://www.nso.go.th/sites/2014/DocLib13/%e0%b8%94%e0%b9%89%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a1/%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%82%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a2%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%94%e0%b9%89/%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a8%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%a9%e0%b8%90%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%88%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%a7%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b7%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%99/60/Sum_Eco-Socio60.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2018 |access-date=25 April 2018 |publisher=[[National Statistical Office (Thailand)|National Statistical Office]] |language=th}}</ref>{{rp|1}} Top quintile households had a 45.0% share of all income, while bottom quintile households had 7.1%.<ref name="NSO 2560" />{{rp|4}} There were 26.9 million persons who had the bottom 40% of income earning less than ฿5,344 per person per month.<ref name="NESDB 2559" />{{rp|5}} During the [[2013–2014 Thai political crisis]], a survey found that anti-government [[People's Democratic Reform Committee|PDRC]] mostly (32%) had a monthly income of more than ฿50,000, while pro-government [[United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship|UDD]] mostly (27%) had between ฿10,000 and ฿20,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2013 |title=Profile of the Protestors: A Survey of Pro and Anti-Government Demonstrators in Bangkok on November 30, 2013 |url=https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/FinalSurveyReportDecember20.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426213735/https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/FinalSurveyReportDecember20.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2018 |access-date=24 April 2018 |publisher=Asia Foundation}}</ref>{{rp|7}}

In 2014, [[Credit Suisse]] reported that Thailand was the world's third most unequal country, behind Russia and India.<ref name="BBC 2017" /> The top 10% richest held 79% of the country's assets.<ref name="BBC 2017" /> The top 1% held 58% of the assets.<ref name="BBC 2017" /> The 50 richest Thai families had a total net worth accounting to 30% of GDP.<ref name="BBC 2017">{{Cite news |last=พงศ์พิพัฒน์ บัญชานนท์ |newspaper=BBC News ไทย |date=18 June 2017 |script-title=th:ยิ่งนานยิ่งถ่าง ช่องว่างทางรายได้ ปัญหาใหญ่ที่รอ คสช. แก้ |language=th |publisher=[[BBC]] Thailand |url=http://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-40317663 |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514163313/https://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-40317663 |archive-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> [[Bank of Thailand]] reported that during 2006–16, Thailand's top 5% largest companies had 85% of all corporate revenue in the nation, and only 6% of the country's companies were in export industries, which made up 60% of the country's GDP.<ref>{{Cite news |title=แบงก์ชาติวิจัย "ไม่แข่ง-ยิ่งแพ้" เมื่อบริษัทใหญ่ 5% ครองรายได้ 85% |language=th |work=Prachachat |url=https://www.prachachat.net/finance/news-376905 |url-status=live |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421142949/https://www.prachachat.net/finance/news-376905 |archive-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>

In 2016, 5.81 million people lived in poverty, or 11.6 million people (17.2% of population) if "near poor" is included.<ref name="NESDB 2559">{{Cite web |year=2016 |script-title=th:รายงานการวิเคราะห์สถานการณ์ความยากจนและความเหลื่อมล้าในประเทศไทย ปี 2559 |url=http://social.nesdb.go.th/social/Portals/0/PDF%20%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AF%202559.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426213301/http://social.nesdb.go.th/social/Portals/0/PDF%20%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AF%202559.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2018 |access-date=24 April 2018 |publisher=[[Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board]] |language=th}}</ref>{{rp|1}} The proportion of the poor relative to total population in each region was 12.96% in the Northeast, 12.35% in the South, and 9.83% in the North.<ref name="NESDB 2559" />{{rp|2}} In 2017, there were 14 million people who applied for social welfare (yearly income of less than ฿100,000 was required).<ref name="BBC 2017" /> In the first quarter of 2023, Thai household debts totaled 14.6 trillion baht or 89.2% of GDP; the average debt per household was approximately 500,000 baht.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Thai household debt surges, reaching a 16-year climax|work=Bangkok Post |date=26 August 2022 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2377191/thai-household-debt-surges-reaching-a-16-year-climax |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328151412/https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2377191/thai-household-debt-surges-reaching-a-16-year-climax |url-status=live |last1=Arunmas |first1=Phusadee }}</ref> In 2016, there were estimated 30,000 homeless persons in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=16 June 2017 |script-title=th:สสส. เผยสถานการณ์คนไร้บ้าน ทั่วประเทศกว่า 3 หมื่นคน |language=th |work=posttoday.com |url=https://www.posttoday.com/social/PR/498823 |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107015321/https://www.posttoday.com/social/PR/498823 |archive-date=7 November 2018}}</ref>