Afghanistan vs Thailand: Economic Indicators Comparison

Thailand with a GDP of $505B ranked the 26th largest economy in the world, while Afghanistan ranked 116th with $19.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Thailand and Afghanistan ranked 86th vs 125th and 89th vs 191st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatAfghanistanThailand
GDP$19.4B$505B
GDP growth, 1 year2.3%4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.2%3.1%
Population34.9M65.9M
GDP per capita$521$7.3k
GDP per capita growth-1.35%3.8%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor19.2712.34
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.38
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$19k
GNI, Atlas method$20.3B$458.7B
GNI per capita$550$6.6k
GNI, PPP adjusted$73.1B$1.3T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2k$18k

Financial system and Human development

StatAfghanistanThailand
Income Tax Rate20%35%
Corporate Tax Rate20%20%
Inflation, consumer prices0.6%1.1%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.8%1.4%
Unemployment1.5%0.7%
Economic Freedom Index54.769.4
Personal Freedom Index47.42
Human Freedom Index47.11
Property Rights Index48.359.5
Judical Effectiveness Index3048
Business Freedom Index54.783
Fiscal Health Index99.996.4
Labor Freedom Index61.663.7
Investment Freedom Index1055
Financial Freedom Index1060
Trade Freedom Index6683
Monetary Freedom Index8174
Government Spending Index79.285.9
Tax Burden Index91.480.7
Government Integrity Index24.843.4
Corruption Perceptions Index1636
Life expectancy at birth, years64.176.7
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.714.4
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.132.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people7.13.2
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A38.2M

Government debt & reserves

StatAfghanistanThailand
Central government debt, % of GDP7.1%42.1%
External debt stocks, % of GNI13.4%35.1%
External debt stocks$2.6B$169.2B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves4.4%29.3%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income4.9%5.4%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI2.7%14%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.7%32.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.2%25%
Total reserves including gold$8.2B$205.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$119.4M$13.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatAfghanistanThailand
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP5.9%66.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP45.3%56.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$3.7B$32.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.2%19.5%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$3.3B$90.4M
Personal remittances received$803.5M$7.5B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP22.1%35%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP20.5%8.1%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$2.4M$5.3B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$13k$163M
Expense, % of GDP36.7%18.5%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP26.3%21.7%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Afghanistan vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M

Thailand vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Nauru
$9.9k
13.7k
Kazakhstan
$9.8k
18.3M
China
$9.8k
1.41B
Mexico
$9.7k
131M
Turkey
$9.4k
82M
Bulgaria
$9.3k
7M
Brazil
$8.9k
210M
Montenegro
$8.8k
622k
Cuba
$8.8k
11.5M
Lebanon
$8.3k
6.1M
Botswana
$8.3k
2.29M
Dominican Republic
$8.1k
10.4M
Gabon
$8k
2.03M
Dominica
$7.7k
73.9k
Saint Vincent
$7.4k
110k
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M
Belarus
$6.3k
9.41M
Fiji
$6.3k
906k
Suriname
$6.2k
563k
North Macedonia
$6.1k
2.08M
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$6.1k
3.51M
Namibia
$5.9k
2.53M
Iraq
$5.8k
38.3M
Paraguay
$5.8k
6.81M