Thailand
Kingdom of Thailand
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population, 2025
- 72 million
- Currency
- THB
- Area
- 513,120 km²
Across Thailand's 40 priced cities, one person needs about $1,238 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $624.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
63out of 100
- Purchasing power25%38
- Safety20%64
- Health care15%78
- Climate10%67
- Air quality10%74
- Connectivity10%95
- Cost10%59
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #45
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
36.5
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
17.2
New York = 100
Purchasing power
57.6
New York = 100
One person
$1,238
A month, rent included
Net salary
$624
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$690
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$8,057
2025
Growth
+2.4%
2025
Unemployment
0.8%
2025
Inflation
−0.1%
2025
Life expectancy
76.6 years
2024
Internet users
91%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 7%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 5%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 63.6
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 36.4
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2011
- 4.8
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #9 worldwide
- 299
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #26 worldwide
- 134
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +14%
Cities in Thailand
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Nakhon Pathom | 73 | 29.8 | $165 | $1,197 | 223.4 | 117.9K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 2Khon Kaen | 72 | 33.1 | $279 | — | — | 114.5K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 3Kabin Buri | 70 | — | — | — | — | 140.1K | Low confidence |
| 4Surat Thani | 70 | 29.4 | $234 | — | — | 132K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 5Si Maha Phot | 69 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 6Udon Thani | 69 | 38.2 | $180 | $763 | 115.9 | 130.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 7Lampang | 69 | 27.7 | $165 | $598 | 117.9 | 156.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 8Nakhon Ratchasima | 69 | 30.6 | $220 | $606 | 102.0 | 126.4K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 9Nakhon Si Thammarat | 68 | 35.2 | — | — | — | 102.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 10Chiang Mai | 67 | 31.6 | $482 | $596 | 71.3 | 127.2K | High confidence, 56 contributors |
| 11Hat Yai | 67 | — | $272 | $463 | — | 191.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 12Ban I Chang | 67 | — | — | — | — | 119.9K | Low confidence |
| 13Khlong Luang | 66 | 34.3 | — | — | — | 118.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 14Pak Kret | 66 | 33.0 | — | — | — | 190.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 15Si Racha | 65 | 34.1 | $449 | $1,047 | 124.6 | 178.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 16Sai Mai | 65 | — | — | — | — | 188.1K | Low confidence |
| 17Khlong Sam Wa | 65 | — | — | — | — | 169.5K | Low confidence |
| 18Nong Chok | 65 | — | — | — | — | 157.1K | Low confidence |
| 19Lat Phrao | 65 | — | — | — | — | 122.2K | Low confidence |
| 20Ayutthaya | 65 | 29.7 | $239 | $972 | 162.2 | 50.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 21Chatuchak | 65 | — | — | — | — | 160.9K | Low confidence |
| 22Bang Sue | 65 | — | — | — | — | 125.4K | Low confidence |
| 23Lak Si | 65 | — | — | — | — | 109.8K | Low confidence |
| 24Nonthaburi | 65 | 32.6 | $698 | — | — | 254.4K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 25Din Daeng | 64 | — | — | — | — | 130.2K | Low confidence |
| 26Bangkok Noi | 64 | — | — | — | — | 117.8K | Low confidence |
| 27Dusit | 64 | — | — | — | — | 107.7K | Low confidence |
| 28Taling Chan | 64 | — | — | — | — | 105.3K | Low confidence |
| 29Phra Pradaeng | 64 | — | — | — | — | 196.1K | Low confidence |
| 30Bang Khae | 64 | — | — | — | — | 193K | Low confidence |
| 31Watthana | 64 | — | — | — | — | 171.2K | Low confidence |
| 32Bang Khun Thian | 64 | — | — | — | — | 165.5K | Low confidence |
| 33Chom Thong | 64 | — | — | — | — | 158K | Low confidence |
| 34Nong Khaem | 64 | — | — | — | — | 150.2K | Low confidence |
| 35Ban Samae Dam | 64 | — | — | — | — | 125.1K | Low confidence |
| 36Phasi Charoen | 64 | — | — | — | — | 122.1K | Low confidence |
| 37Thon Buri | 64 | — | — | — | — | 119.7K | Low confidence |
| 38Thung Khru | 64 | — | — | — | — | 116.5K | Low confidence |
| 39Khlong Toei | 64 | — | — | — | — | 109K | Low confidence |
| 40Bang Bon | 64 | — | — | — | — | 105.2K | Low confidence |
| 41Bang Buathong | 64 | 31.0 | $449 | $1,346 | 168.3 | — | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 42Bang Kapi | 64 | — | — | — | — | 147.8K | Low confidence |
| 43Bueng Kum | 64 | — | — | — | — | 145.8K | Low confidence |
| 44Wang Thonglang | 64 | — | — | — | — | 114.8K | Low confidence |
| 45Ao Nang | 64 | 35.2 | $359 | $1,265 | 163.0 | 8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 46Latkrabang | 64 | — | — | — | — | 174K | Low confidence |
| 47Lat Krabang | 64 | — | — | — | — | 163.2K | Low confidence |
| 48Ban Khlong Prawet | 64 | — | — | — | — | 160.7K | Low confidence |
| 49Ubon Ratchathani | 64 | 29.6 | $239 | $359 | 60.1 | 122.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 50Suan Luang | 64 | — | — | — | — | 115.7K | Low confidence |
| 51Rayong | 63 | 32.5 | $419 | $763 | 96.2 | 106.7K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 52Chon Buri | 62 | 31.1 | $524 | $598 | 69.0 | 219.2K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 53Rangsit | 62 | 30.9 | $150 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 54Bangkok | 61 | 36.5 | $690 | $624 | 57.6 | 5.1M | High confidence, 197 contributors |
| 55Samut Prakan | 61 | 28.8 | $479 | $648 | 81.3 | 388.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 56Chiang Rai | 61 | 27.0 | $232 | $598 | 107.3 | 78.8K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 57Hua Hin | 60 | 33.5 | $577 | $470 | 49.7 | 126.4K | High confidence, 49 contributors |
| 58Lopburi | 60 | 27.7 | — | — | — | 57.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 59Bang Kruai | 59 | 32.6 | — | — | — | 78.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 60Trang | 59 | 33.4 | — | — | — | 66.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 61Chanthaburi | 59 | 36.6 | $419 | — | — | 99.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 62Ratchaburi | 59 | 34.3 | — | — | — | 92.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 63Pattaya | 59 | 33.3 | $585 | $467 | 49.2 | 116.4K | High confidence, 49 contributors |
| 64Krabi | 59 | 31.3 | $349 | $703 | 98.2 | 31.2K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 65Ranong | 59 | 36.2 | — | — | — | 24.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 66Sakon Nakhon | 58 | 32.2 | — | $748 | 91.3 | 76.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 67Phitsanulok | 58 | 28.7 | $254 | $479 | 79.8 | 62.6K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 68Yala | 57 | — | — | — | — | 93.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 69Nong Khai | 57 | — | — | $449 | — | 63.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 70Kalasin | 57 | — | $120 | — | — | 55.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 71Maha Sarakham | 57 | — | — | — | — | 51.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 72Phetchabun | 57 | — | — | — | — | 50.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 73Chachoengsao | 57 | — | — | $463 | — | 49.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 74Surin | 57 | — | — | — | — | 46.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 75Si Sa Ket | 57 | — | — | — | — | 44.8K | Low confidence |
| 76Roi Et | 57 | — | $150 | $898 | — | 39.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 77Ban Phai | 57 | — | — | — | — | 35.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 78Loei | 57 | — | — | — | — | 35.3K | Low confidence |
| 79Buriram | 57 | — | $150 | — | — | 28.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 80Tak | 57 | — | — | — | — | 24.1K | Low confidence |
| 81Pak Khat | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 82Ko Phan Ghan | 55 | 35.0 | $613 | $724 | 72.6 | — | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 83Prachuap Khiri Khan | 54 | 34.5 | $272 | $393 | 56.9 | 33.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 84Nakhon Sawan | 53 | 33.7 | — | $479 | 57.1 | 82.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 85Pathum Thani | 53 | 27.6 | $449 | $404 | 53.5 | 24.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 86Cha-am | 53 | 30.2 | $374 | $359 | 49.6 | 49.4K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 87Koh Samui | 48 | 34.9 | $797 | $396 | 34.3 | 50K | High confidence, 40 contributors |
| 88Phuket | 47 | 36.0 | $736 | $501 | 44.9 | 79.3K | High confidence, 42 contributors |