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| Thailand |
Thailand is a middle-income country that has seen remarkable progress in human development in the last twenty years. Thailand now has a Human Development Rating of 0.768 . It will achieve most if not all of the global Millennium Development Goals well in advance of 2015. Thailand has reduced poverty from 27% in 1990 to 9.8% in 2002, and the proportion of underweight children has fallen by nearly half. Most children are in school; universal primary school enrolment is likely to be achieved within a few years. Malaria is no longer a problem in most of the country. Annual new HIV infections have been reduced by more than 80% since 1991, the peak of the epidemic. Strides are being made toward gender equality.
| Thailand: Facts at a glance |
| Head of state: |
His Majesty the
King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Prime minister: |
Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs: |
Surapong Towijakchaikul |
| Minister of Interior: |
Yongyuth Wichaidit |
| Minister of Finance: |
Kittirat na Ranong |
| Population: |
63.87 million (31 December 2010) |
| Capital: |
Bangkok |
| Area: |
513,115 sq km
(198,115 sq miles) |
| Major language: |
Thai |
| Major religion: |
Buddhism |
| Life expectancy: |
72.94 years (men)
77.21 years (women)2
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| Monetary unit: |
1 baht = 0.0317 USD.
1 USD = 31.543 Baht.
(rates as of 20 January 2012)
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| Main exports: |
Food, agricultural commodities, live animals, office equipment, textiles, rubber
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| GNI per capita: |
US $3,400 (World Bank, 2007) |
| GDP per capita (PPP US$ 2002): |
$8,135 1 |
| Poverty (national poverty line): |
13.6 % 3 |
| Human development index rank: |
87 1 |
| Adult literacy: |
94.1 % 1 |
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