Thailand's GDP

[Deserted]

Hi there guys, I recently read a couple of articles, both claiming that the main source of GDP in Thailand is exports. I was under the assumption that for many years its been tourism, was I wrong there?

[Celsius]

Yes, you were wrong.

[DrJoy]

https://www.bot.or.th/App/BTWS_STAT/statistics/BOTWEBSTAT.aspx?reportID=409&language=ENG

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

The portion of Thailand's GDP attributed to exports  pre-pandemic was about 65%:

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/thailand/exports-of-goods-and-services-percent-of-gdp-wb-data.html#:~:text=Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) in Thailand,compiled from officially recognized sources.

 

International tourism is considered an export and it comprised about 18% of Thailand's GDP pre-pandemic:

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1143467/thailand-share-of-tourism-to-gdp/

 

If the above is roughly correct, in pre-pandemic years Thailand's total exports, less tourism, would be almost half of total GDP.  Non-tourism exports would therefore be more than twice the value of tourism.