Australia vs Thailand

Australia vs Thailand: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 2.4% a year in Thailand, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Australia.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Thailand: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 2.4% a year in Thailand, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Australia.
AustraliaThailandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Thailand has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Australia.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and Thailand ranked 94 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and Thailand at 2.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaThailand
202522.4
202412.9
20232.12.2
20224.22.7
20215.41.6
2020-2-6.1
201922.1
20182.84.2
20172.44.2
20162.73.4
20152.33.1
20142.61
20132.22.7
20123.97.2
20112.80.8
20102.47.5
20092-0.7
20082.71.7
20074.45.4
20062.65
200534.2
20044.16.3
200337.2
20024.16.1
20012.63.4
20003.14.5
19994.44.6
19984.7-7.6
19974.7-2.8
199645.7
199538.1
19944.98
19933.98.7
19922.69.2
1991-18.4
19901.511.6
19894.612.2
19884.313.3
19874.99.5
19862.45.5
19855.54.6
19846.35.8
1983-0.55.6
19820.15.4
19814.15.9
19802.94.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaThailand
20261.92.1
20271.62.1
20281.82.3
202922.5
20302.12.5
20312.22.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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