GDP per Capita and Population Data for the Provinces of Thailand

Updated November 2023. Last data available (predicted) for 2021.

Here are the GDP figures for 2021 (predicted values) in all the provinces of Thailand by region (latest data available at NESDC, published 2023). Numbers are Thai baht (real) in 2021.

There may be minor changes in these numbers in the following years. In a sense, recent published data always remain preliminary.

Source : Table of Gross Regional and Provincial Product 2021 (Excel file, available on website), also (to be) published.

Compared to 2019, GDP by Region in 2020 changed as follows : Bangkok and Vicinity +5.2 % : Central Region +4.6 % ; Eastern Region +7.7 % ; Northern Region -5 % ; Northeastern Region +2.3 % ; Southern Region -0.7 % ; Western Region +1.6 % ; Thailand as a Country +3.0 %. The effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic with lockdowns and international tourism restrictions, was still being felt hard, especially in the Southern Provinces, that depend heavily on tourism..

Some observations : Of the 10 provinces with the lowest per capita income, 8 are located in the North Eastern Region. In 2020 Narathiwat in Southern Thailand was the poorest province. Mae Hong Son is a Northern province among the 10 poorest provinces.
The difference in between the regions, and in between the provinces in certain regions, are simply astounding.
The predicted average GDP for the whole Kingdom of Thailand in 2021 was 231,986 Thai Baht. An increase from 225,311 Thai Baht in 2020 (+3.0%). FYI, NESDC states that were 69,688 million Thai inhabitants (+179 thousand compared to 2020).
Population figures below are the ones estimated by NESDC for 2021. You may find slightly different numbers from other sources.

GDP of provinces of the Northeastern Region of Thailand

GDP per capita in 2020 for Northeastern Region.

 


North Eastern Region 90,998 (+5.2%) 18,373 (-76)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population: (thousands)
1. Loei 105,205 538
2. Nong Bua Lamphu 63,568 472
3. Udon Thani 90,818 1,253
4. Nongkhai 97,617 455
5. Sakon Nakhon 72,117 914
6. Nakhon Phanom 87,122 548
7. Chaiyaphum 73,134 926
8. Khon Kaen 124,489 1,711
9. Kalasin 77,397 788
10. Mukdahan 67,203 422 (+)
11. Maha Sarakham 85,228 775
12. Roiet 78,688 1,050
13. Yasothon 70,327 451
14. Amnat Charoen 77,048 282
15. Nakhon Ratchasima 126,119 2,502
16. Buriram 80,684 1,201
17. Surin 81,675 1,050
18. Sisaket 83,332 944
19. Ubon Ratchathani 78,275 1,733
20. Bueng Kan* 80,159* 358*

* The province of Bueng Kan was created in 2011. I lies adjacent to Nongkhai province and was previously part of that province.

For 2021, the North Eastern Region showed a nominal growth (not inflation adjusted) of +5.2 %.

 

 

GDP of the provinces of the Central and Bangkok Region of Thailand

GDP per capita in 2020 for Central Region

 

GDP per capita in 2020 for Bangkok and Vicinity

Central Region 277,952 (+4.6 %) 3,173 (-2)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population: (thousands)
1. Chainat 135,667 289
2. Singburi 142,428 186
3. Lopburi 142,287 774
4. Ang Thong 142,287 246
5. Ayutthaya 468,579 915(+)
6. Saraburi 323,556 763(+)

Bangkok and Vicinity 438,760 (+0.7 %) 17,251 (+166)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population: (thousands)
7. Nakhon Pathom 297,901 1,229 (+15)
8. Nonthaburi 193,641 1,810 (+29)
9. Pathum Thani 230,401 (-) 1,814 (+28)
10. Samut Sakhon 391,442 1,076 (+11)
11. Bangkok Metropolis 593,927 9,034 (+35)
12. Samut Prakarn 283,160 (-) 2,289 (+39)

The population of Bangkok and Vicinity continues to grow, mostly migration from the Northeastern and Northern Regions of Thailand. Some provinces though had (-) growth compared to the year before.

 

GDP of the provinces of the Eastern Region of Thailand

GDP per capita in 2020
for Eastern Region

Eastern Region 439,875 (+7.7 %) 6,262 (+102)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population: (thousands)
1. Nakhon Nayok 115,666 (-) 262 (+1)
2. Prachinburi 490,499 (-) 647 (+9)
3. Sa Kaew 73,744 656 (+9)
4. Chachoengsao 400,385 875 (+17)
5. Chonburi 524,002 1,926 (+35)
6. Rayong 955,119 (++) 1,056 (+24)
7. Chanthaburi 243,317 (-) 566 (+5)
8. Trat 160,025 275 (+3)


Rayong, the 'industrial' region of Thailand, saw a dramatic drop in GDP in 2020, but recovered in 2021. Some provinces (-) had negative growth in 2021. The population of the Eastern Provinces keeps growing.

 

 

GDP of the provinces of the Northern Region of Thailand

GDP per capita in 2020 for Northern Region.


Northern Region 111,018 (+2.3 %) 11,273 (-51)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population: (thousands)
1. Mae Hong Son 65,653 241 (+2)
2. Chiang Mai 133,306 1,798 (-3)
3. Chiang Rai 90,203 1,142 (-5)
4. Phayao 96,550 367 (-5)
5. Nan 81.233 439 (-2)
6. Lamphun 226,464 (+) 391 (-3)
7. Lampang 104,754 698 (-6)
8. Phrae 82,755 372 (-6)
9. Tak 114,952 (-) 536 (+1)
10. Sukhothai 80,170 608 (-2)
11. Uttaradit 103,567 405 (-4)
12 Kamphaengphet 141,987 781
13. Phitsanulok 113,013 895 (-1)
14. Uthai Thani 101,640 (+) 274 (-2)
15. Nakhon Sawan 119,856 (-) 912 (-8)
16. Phichit 93,950 (-) 507 (-4)
17. Phetchabun 88,485 906 (-5)

 

Mild improvement in GDP in 2021 compared to 2020. Population keeps on declining slowly in the Northern Provinces.

 

 

GDP of the provinces of the Southern Region of Thailand

GDP per capita in 2018 for Southern Region


Southern Region 131,807 (-0.7%) 6,695 (+75)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population: (thousands)
1. Chumphon 259,853 (+) 501 (+1)
2. Ranong 105,256 (-) 283 (+4)
3. Surat Thani 154,835 1,157 (+7)
4. Phang Nga 194,282 (-11.6 %) 249 (-1)
5. Krabi 168,552 428 (+4)
6. Nakhon Si Thammarat 122,494 (+) 1,519 (+4)
7. Trang 109,656 (+) 632
8. Phuket 165,343 (-26.9 %) 602 (+7)
9. Phatthalung 81,529 (+) 492
10. Satun 113,481 297 (+2)
11. Songkhla 145,123 1,676 (+11)
12. Pattani 78,131 648 (+2)
13. Yala 105,453 478 (+3)
14. Narathiwat 61,787 733 (+4)

 

A dramatic drop of GDP occurred in the Southern Region in 2020. There was not much recovery in 2021. On the contrary the provinces of Phuket and Phang Nga suffered huge decreases in GDP, related likely to disappearance of tourism. Population growth was positive, likely also related to a larger than average Muslim population in the Southern Provinces.

 

 

 

GDP of the provinces of the Western Region of Thailand

GDP per capita in 2020 for Western Region


Western Region 156,223 (+1.6%) 3,661 (-2)
Province :

GDP per capita : Population:
(thousands)
1. Kanchanaburi 127,365 833 (+1)
2. Suphanburi 107,792 850 (-2)
3. Ratchaburi 221,383 811 (-1)
4. Samut Songkhram 160,089 (+) 178 (-1)
5. Phetchaburi 144,370 502 (+1)
6. Phrachuap Khiri Khan 192,326 487 (-1)