Thailand vs United States
Thailand vs United States: Government debt
Government debt: 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024 and 124.4% of GDP in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 59.4 percentage points, or 1.94 times that in Thailand.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Thailand.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Thailand at 69.8% of GDP and United States at 145% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Thailand | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.7 | 124.4 |
| 2024 | 62.9 | 122.3 |
| 2023 | 62.2 | 120 |
| 2022 | 60.6 | 119.2 |
| 2021 | 58.4 | 125 |
| 2020 | 49.4 | 132.6 |
| 2019 | 41.1 | 108.8 |
| 2018 | 41.9 | 107.7 |
| 2017 | 41.8 | 106.5 |
| 2016 | 41.7 | 107.5 |
| 2015 | 42.6 | 105.5 |
| 2014 | 43.3 | 105 |
| 2013 | 42.2 | 105 |
| 2012 | 41.9 | 103.7 |
| 2011 | 39.1 | 100 |
| 2010 | 39.8 | 95.7 |
| 2009 | 42.4 | 87.1 |
| 2008 | 35 | 73.9 |
| 2007 | 36 | 65 |
| 2006 | 39.2 | 64.6 |
| 2005 | 45.5 | 65.8 |
| 2004 | 46.3 | 66.4 |
| 2003 | 47.5 | 59 |
| 2002 | 54.9 | 55.9 |
| 2001 | 57.5 | 53.5 |
| 2000 | 57.8 | – |
| 1999 | 56.6 | – |
| 1998 | 49.9 | – |
| 1997 | 40.5 | – |
| 1996 | 15.2 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Thailand | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67.2 | 126.8 |
| 2027 | 68.5 | 128.7 |
| 2028 | 69.1 | 132.3 |
| 2029 | 69.4 | 136.4 |
| 2030 | 69.6 | 140.7 |
| 2031 | 69.8 | 145 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Thailand vs United States
Health
- Life expectancyThailand: 76.4 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityThailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityThailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionThailand: 3.09% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateThailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationThailand: 71.7 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthThailand: -0.04% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateThailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationThailand: 62.8% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageThailand: 39.7 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overThailand: 14.7% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateThailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingThailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsThailand: $5.57B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personThailand: $84 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingThailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelThailand: 455,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerThailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersThailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsThailand: 33 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsThailand: 15 million TIV in 2024United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025