Thailand

Official Name:

Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand)

Area:

514.000 km ²

Population (2007):

65.068.149 inhabitants

Coastline:

3.219 km

Capital:

Bangkok

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon

Language(s):

Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

National holiday:

Birthday of King PHUMIPHON, 5 December (1927)

Nationality:

Thai (singular and plural)

Official time:

UTC 7.

Member of:

APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, BIS, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), ONUB, OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.th

Economic Profile

Currency:

Baht (THB)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD 9.200 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 197.700.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,8% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 10%
• Industry: 44,9%
• Services: 45,2%

Labor force:

36.410.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2000):

• Agriculture 49%
• Industry: 14%
• Services 37%

Unemployment rate:

2,1% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

5,1% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

28,7% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD 40.310.000.000
• Expenditures: USD 40.340.000.000

Public debt:

43,5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -899.400.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 123.500.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances

Exports - Partners:

US 15,4%, Japan 13,6%, China 8,3%, Singapore 6,9%, Hong Kong 5,6%, Malaysia 5,2% (2005)

Imports:

USD 119.300.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels

Imports - partners:

Japan 22%, China 9,4%, US 7,4%, Malaysia 6,8%, UAE 4,8%, Singapore 4,6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 59.060.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 57.830.000.000 (2006)