Thailand
Kingdom of Thailand
- Region
- Asia · South-Eastern Asia
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Population
- 71,619,863 (2025)
- Government
- constitutional monarchy
- Currency
- Thai baht (THB)
- Official languages
- Thai
- Spoken languages
- Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages 2.9% (includes Malay, Burmese); English is a secondary language among the elite (2010 est.)
- Written scripts
- Thai
- Area
- 513,120 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- APEC, ASEAN, IMF, OIC (observer), WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Myanmar , Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia
Political stability
54 / 100
Economic stability
50 / 100
Population stability
64 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- machine parts, integrated circuits, trucks, cars, broadcasting equipment (2023)
- Key imports
- crude petroleum, integrated circuits, natural gas, gold, vehicle parts/accessories (2023)
- Natural resources
- tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land
- Luxury goods
- colored gemstones, silk
- Primary route
- Laem Chabang on intra-Asia and transpacific lanes
- Secondary route
- Asia–Europe services via the Strait of Malacca
The xin.bz view
- Thailand is targeting around 7M t of rice exports for the year — one of the release valves global buyers depend on as Philippine demand rises and Indian policy turns more protective.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño's Caribbean Chain Reaction: How Water Stress Could Become a Food, Freight and Stability Shock
El Niño connects Caribbean water stress, falling U.S. rice stocks, a weak Indian monsoon, and Panama Canal limits into one food, freight, and stability risk through mid-2027.
El Niño Is Tightening the World's Food Valves
India's 90.7M t grain buffer, early Philippine rice buying, Indonesia's B50 palm-oil pull, and Nepal's flood — governments now decide how much food this region releases to the world.
Commodity Deep Dive ·
Fish Meal Is the High-Protein Feed Commodity Whose Global Supply Can Turn on One Peruvian Fishery
Fish meal deep dive — Peru's anchovy fishery supplies ~20% of a 5.1M t market, the 2026 season stopped at 25% of quota under a 120-day national emergency, China takes 78% of exports, and prices hit $2,105/mt.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.