Thailand’s Poverty on the Rise Amid Slowing Economic Growth
Thailand’s Poverty on the Rise Amid Slowing Economic Growth Between 2015 and 2018, the poverty rate in Thailand increased from 7.2 percent to 9.8 percent, and the absolute number of people living in poverty rose from 4.85 million to more than 6.7 million. Thailand has successfully reduced poverty over the past three decades from over…