Azerbaijan vs Thailand

Azerbaijan
Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income
Capital: Baku
Population
10.2M
GDP
$74.4B
Thailand
East Asia & Pacific
Upper middle income
Capital: Bangkok
Population
71.7M
GDP
$529.4B

POP 7.0x GDP 7.1x LE 2.0 yrs same-band UMC

Widest indicator spreads · Azerbaijan vs Thailand

Foreign Direct Investment98.4%Renewable Energy Consump…93.2%Government Debt (% of GDP)89.7%Unemployment Rate86.2%GDP (Current USD)85.9%Population85.8%Freshwater Withdrawal84.1%Physicians (per 1,000 pe…83%
WIDE pair: the board is the Foreign Direct Investment gap first (Azerbaijan UMC vs Thailand UMC).

Demographics: Population (Thailand, 86% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Population 10.2M 71.7M 2024
Population Ages 65+ 8.6% 15.4% 2024
Population Ages 0-14 21.8% 14.7% 2024

2 closer demographics rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Foreign Direct Investment (Thailand, 98% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Foreign Direct Investment $231.3M $14.3B 2024
Government Debt (% of GDP) 6.4% 61.9% 2010
Unemployment Rate 5.6% 0.8% 2024
GDP (Current USD) $74.4B $529.4B 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Physicians (per 1,000 people) (Azerbaijan, 83% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.2 0.5 2022
Under-5 Mortality Rate 17.9 9.0 2024
Maternal Mortality Ratio 18 34 2023
Stunting Prevalence (under 5) 6.6% 12.4% 2023

3 closer health rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Azerbaijan, 31% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 3.7% 2.5% 2023

5 closer education rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Renewable Energy Consumption (Thailand, 93% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Renewable Energy Consumption 1.3% 19.0% 2021
Freshwater Withdrawal 160.5% 25.5% 2022
Forest Area 14.1% 38.7% 2023
Electric Power Consumption 2,367 2,965 2023

1 closer environment rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Access to Sanitation (Azerbaijan, 61% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Access to Sanitation 68.0% 26.7% 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 109.5 160.6 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Intentional Homicides (Thailand, 55% spread)

Indicator Azerbaijan Thailand Year
Intentional Homicides 2.2 4.8 2023
Net Migration 10.9K 23.3K 2024
GINI Index 26.6 33.3 2005

3 closer social rows sit on the Azerbaijan and Thailand profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Azerbaijan vs Thailand comparison

Azerbaijan (UMC, Europe & Central Asia) vs Thailand (UMC, East Asia & Pacific) is a WIDE WDI pair: population is 7.0x smaller (10.2M vs 71.7M) and total GDP is 7.1x smaller ($74.4B vs $529.4B). The gap board leads on Foreign Direct Investment (~98% relative spread) across 42 indicators in 7 topics. Same income tier; rate and stock gaps are the sharper policy read. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Azerbaijan vs Thailand figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band UMC · WIDE scale band.