Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Thailand
Thailand: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 8.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Thailand, 1995–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 8.8% for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in 2024.
The figure is up 39.5% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Thailand peaked at 12.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2021.
Thailand ranks 46th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.5% | — |
| 1996 | 5.7% | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 7.0% | +16.1% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 7.9% | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 7.8% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | -11.2% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | +17.3% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 7.7% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 8.3% | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 9.9% | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +18.4% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -75.4% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -64.2% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +218.3% |
| 2023 | 6.3% | +90.1% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | +39.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 5.5% | 7.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.4% | 6.4% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.3% | 7.0% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 1.0% | 8.8% | 5 |
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- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 23.4 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 188,487 current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 9.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5816 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 4,686 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 11.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2266 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Thailand?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Thailand was 8.8% in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2021.
- How does Thailand rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Thailand ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors, including spending on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to the country’s own airlines, as a share of, as a share of GDP.