Thailand’s coastline is 31% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 64 m above Thailand’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Egypt has 65% more people than Thailand

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 18% more densely populated than Egypt

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 16 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.5 more children on average than in Thailand

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Egypt hosts 58% more refugees per resident than Thailand

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Egypt and Thailand are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 58% larger than Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 30% more per person than Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Egypt (Gini 4.8 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Egypt has 24% more doctors per person than Thailand

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 12 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 2.43 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 77 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Egypt has 13% more meat per person than Thailand

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Egypt has 239 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 191 more hours a year than in Thailand

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Egypt went to school 1.1 years longer than in Thailand

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 5.4 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 2 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (9 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Egypt and Thailand are practically level

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 4.5 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Thailand are practically level

Egypt: 100% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 26% longer than Thailand’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 5.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 69% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

17% of Thailand’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 77% more fine dust than in Thailand

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 2.9 times as deadly as in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 3.2 °C warmer than Egypt

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 136 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)