Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Thailand instead of Greece, you would:
Health
be 59.8% less likely to be obese
In Greece, 24.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Thailand, that number is 10.0% of people as of 2016.
live 3.8 years less
In Greece, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Thailand, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 92.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 12.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Thailand, that number is 0.9% as of 2022.
be 66.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Greece, 18.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Thailand, however, that number is 6.3% as of 2021.
pay a 27.1% lower top tax rate
Greece has a top tax rate of 48.0% as of 2016. In Thailand, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
make 44.8% less money
Greece has a GDP per capita of $31,700 as of 2022, while in Thailand, the GDP per capita is $17,500 as of 2022.
Life
have 33.8% more children
In Greece, there are approximately 7.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Thailand, there are 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 3.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Greece, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Thailand, 29.0 women do as of 2020.
be 82.3% more likely to die during infancy
In Greece, approximately 3.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Thailand, on the other hand, 6.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 27.3% less on education
Greece spends 4.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Thailand spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 53.7% less on healthcare
Greece spends 9.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Thailand, that number is 4.4% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 76.5% less coastline
Greece has a total of 13,676 km of coastline. In Thailand, that number is 3,219 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, The Revenue Department, Government of Thailand, GSIS, Greece.
Thailand: At a glance
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