| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Rank |
| Population (million) |
64.2 |
65.4 |
64.2 |
64.6 |
65.1 |
i |
| Economic organizations |
APEC; ASEAN; IMF; WTO |
|
|
|
| National currency (NC) |
Baht |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exchange rate (NC in €) |
0.0213 |
0.0200 |
0.0200 |
0.0210 |
0.0226 |
|
| Exchange rate (NC in US$) |
0.0241 |
0.0248 |
0.0248 |
0.0264 |
0.0310 |
|
| Inflation rate |
1.8% |
1.8% |
4.5% |
5.1% |
2.2% |
i |
| GDP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GDP (billion US$) |
143 |
161 |
176 |
207 |
245 |
i |
| GDP (per capita in US$) |
2222 |
2467 |
2748 |
3200 |
3769 |
i |
| GDP growth rate |
7.1% |
6.3% |
4.5% |
5.1% |
4.8% |
i |
| GDP (composition by sector): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Agriculture |
10% |
10% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
|
| Industry |
44% |
43% |
44% |
44% |
44% |
|
| Services |
46% |
47% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
|
| GDP (by type of expenditure): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Household consumption |
57% |
57% |
57% |
56% |
54% |
|
| Government consumption |
11% |
11% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation |
24% |
26% |
29% |
28% |
27% |
|
| Trade: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
80 |
96 |
110 |
131 |
154 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
76 |
94 |
118 |
129 |
144 |
i |
| Public debt (billion US$) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
59 |
85 |
93 |
i |
| Public debt (share of GDP) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
33.3% |
41.2% |
37.9% |
i |
| Unemployment rate |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1.8% |
1.5% |
1.4% |
i |
| Average working hours (per year) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
| Energy (billion KWh): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electricity production |
n.a. |
218 |
n.a. |
131 |
n.a. |
i |
| Electricity consumption |
n.a. |
206 |
n.a. |
124 |
n.a. |
i |
| Crude oil and natural gas: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Natural gas reserves (billion m³) |
76.46 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
331.20 |
i |
| Natural gas production (billion m³) |
0.97 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
25.40 |
i |
| Natural gas consumption (billion m³) |
8.45 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
35.3 |
i |
| Crude oil reserves (billion barrel) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
0.46 |
i |
| Crude oil production (bpd) |
n.a. |
8354 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
i |
| Crude oil consumption (bpd) |
n.a. |
915000 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
928600 |
i |
| Raw materials: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mineral resources |
lead; natural gas; fluorite; gypsum; coal; tantalum; tungsten; tin |
|
| Agricultural resources |
coconuts; manioc; corn; rice; soybeans; sugar cane |
|
| Organic and inorganic chemicals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
1.2 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
2.8 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
5.6 |
i |
| Plastic and rubber: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
7.9 |
10.0 |
12.2 |
15.3 |
17.1 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
3.7 |
4.4 |
5.1 |
5.7 |
6.4 |
i |
| Important companies |
Cementhai Chemicals; Integrated Refinery and Petrochemical Co. (IRPC); PTT Chemical Public Co., Ltd. (PTTCH); SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd.; Thai Plastic and Chemicals (TPC) |
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