Thailand’s coastline is 33% longer than South Korea’s

South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 615 m above South Korea’s

South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 16% of South Korea

South Korea: 16% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 39% more people than South Korea

South Korea: 51.7 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

South Korea is 3.8 times as densely populated as Thailand

South Korea: 530 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 4.8 years older than in Thailand

South Korea: 44.5 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Thailand have 0.5 more children on average than in South Korea

South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

South Korea: 20.3% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

South Korea: 0.6 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

South Korea and Thailand are practically level

South Korea: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Thailand’s

South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

South Korea produces 2.4 times as much per person as Thailand

South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in South Korea (Gini 0.4 points higher)

South Korea: 32.9 (2021) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

South Korea and Thailand are practically level

South Korea: 0.1% (2021) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 2.7% in South Korea, versus 0.8% in Thailand

South Korea: 2.7% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

South Korea: 2.6% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

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

South Korea: 13.3% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Thailand’s

South Korea: 57% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

South Korea spends 9.6 times as much on health per person as Thailand

South Korea: $3,137 (2024) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 4.8 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

South Korea has 5.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.4 times that in Thailand

South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

South Korea: 7.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

South Korea: 18.6% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in South Korea

South Korea: 6.04 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 5% more alcohol than in Thailand

South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

South Korea has 3.4 times as much meat per person as Thailand

South Korea: 84 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

South Korea has 575 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 267 more hours a year than in South Korea

South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 3.7 years longer than in Thailand

South Korea: 12.7 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 76% more tourists per resident than South Korea (2019)

South Korea: 0.32 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

South Korea has 8 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (17 against 9)

South Korea: 17 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

South Korea: 409 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 91% in Thailand

South Korea: 98% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 21% faster than in South Korea

South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

South Korea and Thailand are practically level

South Korea: 100% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

South Korea: 81% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Thailand 161

South Korea: 173 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 5% longer than Thailand’s

South Korea: 4,309 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from South Korea fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Thailand

South Korea: 1.48 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 39% of Thailand

South Korea: 64.4% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Thailand

South Korea: 11.3 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

17% of Thailand’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

South Korea: 10.4% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 11% more fine dust than in South Korea

South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 4.1 times as deadly as in South Korea

South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 13.6 °C warmer than South Korea

South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 31% more rain than South Korea

South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)