Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Thailand
Thailand: Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 was -3.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Thailand, 2014–2024
Source: International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Thailand recorded -3.6% for gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 727.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Thailand peaked at -0.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, -7.5%, in 2021.
Thailand ranks 54th of 67 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -3.1% | -5.2% | -0.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | -4.8% | -7.5% | -2.9% | 5 |
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- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 59.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 75.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 82.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 69.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Thailand?
- Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 in Thailand was -3.6% in 2024, according to International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.5% in 2021.
- How does Thailand rank for gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025?
- Thailand ranks 54th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 727.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Difference between average earnings of men and average earnings of women expressed as a percentage of average earnings of men.