Spain’s coastline is 54% longer than Thailand’s

Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 1,153 m above Thailand’s

Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 43% of Thailand

Spain: 49.3% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 45% more people than Spain

Spain: 49.4 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 42% more densely populated than Spain

Spain: 99 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Spain is 5.2 years older than in Thailand

Spain: 44.9 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Thailand have 0.1 more children on average than in Spain

Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Spain: 21.6% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Spain hosts 8.8 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Spain: 1.4 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Spain and Thailand are practically level

Spain: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Spain’s economy is 3.3 times the size of Thailand’s

Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Spain produces 2.3 times as much per person as Thailand

Spain: Int$59,868 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Spain and Thailand are practically level

Spain: 33.4 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

0.8% of people in Spain live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Spain: 0.8% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Spain: 10.4% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Spain spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Spain: 2.1% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand and Spain are practically level

Spain: 14.9% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Thailand’s

Spain: 65% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Spain spends 9.5 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Spain: $3,107 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Spain

Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Spain has 7.9 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Spain has 22% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 35% higher than in Spain

Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Spain are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Spain: 18.9% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Spain: 27.6% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Spain rate their lives 0.24 points higher than in Thailand

Spain: 6.54 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Spain drink 53% more alcohol than in Thailand

Spain: 12.1 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Spain has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Spain: 100.8 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Spain has 522 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 539 more hours a year than in Spain

Spain: 1,638 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Spain went to school 1.7 years longer than in Thailand

Spain: 10.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Spain welcomed 3.4 times as many tourists per resident as Thailand (2019)

Spain: 1.92 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Spain has 41 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (50 against 9)

Spain: 50 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Spain: 195 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Spain are online, versus 91% in Thailand

Spain: 96% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 11% faster than in Spain

Spain: 324 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Spain and Thailand are practically level

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

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Spain: 81% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Spain 130

Spain: 130 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 3.9 times as long as Thailand’s

Spain: 15,963 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Spain fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Thailand

Spain: 1.91 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Thailand and Spain are practically level

Spain: 38.2% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Spain emits 23% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

Spain: 4.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Spain: 55.9% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Spain

Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 5.7 times as deadly as in Spain

Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 11.9 °C warmer than Spain

Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 2.5 times as much rain as Spain

Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)