High income vs Thailand: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- High income
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 118.6% against 45.2% in High income, a difference of 73.4%.
That makes Thailand's figure about 2.6 times High income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 19th and Thailand ranks 16th of 47 groups.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.5% | 30.8% | 13.3% | Thailand |
| 1970s | 26.2% | 36.4% | 10.2% | Thailand |
| 1980s | 30.1% | 47.9% | 17.8% | Thailand |
| 1990s | 31.4% | 72.8% | 41.4% | Thailand |
| 2000s | 41.8% | 109.4% | 67.6% | Thailand |
| 2010s | 47.8% | 106.9% | 59.1% | Thailand |
| 2020s | 47.1% | 109.5% | 62.4% | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, High income or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 118.6% against 45.2% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between High income and Thailand?
- 73.4%, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Thailand?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do High income and Thailand rank globally for merchandise trade?
- High income ranks 19th and Thailand ranks 16th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.