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Table 2 Thailand national poverty line (US$ per capita per month) by geographical regions and areas

From: Financial risk protection of Thailand’s universal health coverage: results from series of national household surveys between 1996 and 2015

Geography

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Greater Bangkok

Urban

74.27

51.35

53.88

51.21

57.41

66.31

74.32

80.88

78.05

86.98

95.15

96.33

99.16

96.47

91.45

Total

74.27

51.35

53.88

51.21

57.41

66.31

74.32

80.88

78.05

86.98

95.15

96.33

99.16

96.47

91.45

Central

Urban

63.83

45.74

48.15

46.23

52.73

61.76

69.40

76.73

74.02

83.19

90.65

91.66

95.53

92.11

87.67

Rural

55.25

40.53

42.44

40.32

45.84

53.94

60.59

67.93

65.85

74.71

81.23

82.34

85.52

82.51

77.54

Total

58.09

42.29

44.41

42.49

48.52

57.15

64.31

71.74

69.48

78.57

85.60

86.74

90.32

87.19

82.55

North

Urban

56.99

39.93

42.19

40.30

45.15

52.53

59.13

65.59

63.50

71.60

78.81

79.70

82.97

80.46

75.73

Rural

43.85

31.27

32.47

31.28

35.69

42.30

48.42

54.71

53.07

60.53

66.32

66.71

70.39

68.74

64.83

Total

46.53

33.03

34.48

33.35

38.10

45.20

51.61

58.12

56.51

64.37

70.84

71.61

75.32

73.50

69.41

Northeast

Urban

52.78

38.09

39.55

37.81

42.83

50.33

57.20

63.70

62.18

70.95

77.50

77.76

81.51

79.51

75.12

Rural

40.68

30.23

31.35

29.82

33.51

40.80

47.27

53.94

52.14

60.10

66.46

66.87

70.14

68.68

65.03

Total

42.57

31.49

32.72

31.32

35.47

43.04

49.74

56.50

54.92

63.27

69.86

70.39

73.98

72.51

68.75

South

Urban

63.81

45.25

47.13

45.48

51.24

59.83

67.65

74.89

74.04

83.24

91.51

92.81

96.44

93.55

88.76

Rural

49.52

34.69

36.11

34.72

40.16

49.22

55.60

62.93

61.17

69.33

76.57

77.43

80.44

78.64

73.80

Total

52.63

37.04

38.64

37.36

43.09

52.24

59.17

66.62

65.30

73.99

81.73

82.90

86.27

84.21

79.52

Whole country

Urban

64.63

45.51

47.65

45.47

51.24

59.60

67.04

73.81

71.51

80.34

87.78

88.62

92.00

89.17

84.44

Rural

45.84

33.36

34.76

33.29

37.94

45.69

52.19

59.13

57.38

65.59

72.08

72.82

76.17

74.26

70.04

Total

51.52

37.07

38.77

37.37

42.73

51.07

58.13

65.20

63.42

72.11

79.20

80.16

83.70

81.50

77.20

  1. Source: 1. NSO, Thailand [8]
  2. Note: Exchange rate as of January 2020 as defined by the World Bank