Bangladesh vs Thailand
Bangladesh vs Thailand: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 14.4% in Bangladesh and 38.7% in Thailand, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 24.3 percentage points, or 2.69 times that in Bangladesh.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 146 and Thailand ranked 84 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Bangladesh | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.4 | 38.7 | – |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 39 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 14.4 | 39.3 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 14.4 | 39.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 14.4 | 39.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 14.4 | 39.7 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 14.5 | 39.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 14.5 | 39.5 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 14.5 | 39.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 32 |
| 2009 | 14.5 | 39.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 14.6 | 39.4 | 32 |
| 2007 | 14.6 | 39.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 14.6 | 39.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 14.6 | 39.4 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 14.7 | 39.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 14.7 | 39.4 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 14.7 | 39.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 14.7 | 39.5 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 14.8 | 39.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 14.8 | 39.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 14.9 | 39.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 14.9 | 39.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 15 | 39.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 15 | 39.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 15.1 | 39.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 15.1 | 39.6 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 15.2 | 39.6 | 33 |
| 1991 | 15.2 | 39.6 | – |
| 1990 | 15.3 | 39.6 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024