B. Poverty and inequality
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Indicator
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Sub-Classification
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Data
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Date/Period of Measurement
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Frequency of Measurement
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Data Sources
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Remarks
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| Proportion of the population below a defined poverty line |
Whole kingdom |
12.9% |
1998 |
Bi-annual |
National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) |
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| by region |
Bangkok |
0.6% |
| Central |
7.7% |
| North |
9.0% |
| Northeast |
23.2% |
| South |
14.8% |
| Income shares of population groups |
by income group |
Quintile 1 |
4.8% |
1998 |
Bi-annual |
Socioeconomic survey, NSO. Processed by Development Evaluation Division, NESDB |
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| Quintile 2 |
8.4% |
| Quintile 3 |
12.7% |
| Quintile 4 |
20.2% |
| Quintile 5 |
53.9% |
| Gini-coefficient |
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48.1 (Gini index) |
1998 |
Bi-annual |
the same as above |
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| Number of rural households achieving sustainable food security |
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Not available |
| Indebtedness among rural households |
Whole kingdom (Baht) |
43,496 |
1996 |
Bi-annual |
1996 Household Socio-Economic Survey, National Statistics Office, Office of the Prime Minister |
Rural households indebtedness is defined as an average households indebtedness among villages and sanitary districts areas for the whole kingdom. |
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