Editing Income distribution (section)

===Thailand===
[[Thailand]] has been ranked the world's third most unequal nation after Russia and India, with a widening gap between rich and poor according to [[Oxfam]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sukprasert|first1=Pattramon|title=Thailand 'third most unequal'|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1193341/thailand-third-most-unequal|access-date=6 February 2017|work=Bangkok Post|date=6 February 2017}}</ref> A study by [[Thammasat University]] economist Duangmanee Laovakul in 2013 showed that the country's top 20 land owners owned 80 percent of the nation's land. The bottom 20 owned only 0.3 percent. Among those having bank deposits, 0.1 percent of bank accounts held 49 per cent of total bank deposits.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaitrong |first1=Wichit |title=Government urged to help 1.2m desperately poor Thais |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/business/30352070 |access-date=14 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=14 August 2019}}</ref> {{Asof|2019}}, Thai per capita income is US$8,000 a year. The government aims to raise it to US$15,000 (498,771 [[Thai baht|baht]]) per year, driven by average GDP growth of five to six percent. Under the 20-year national plan stretching out to 2036, the government intends to narrow the income disparity gap to 15 times, down from 20 times in 2018.<ref name="BP-20180814">{{cite news |last1=Theparat |first1=Chatrudee |title=Steering the NESDB through transition |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1521214/steering-the-nesdb-through-transition |access-date=14 August 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=14 August 2018}}</ref>