Key findings from the 2017 Household Socio-Economic Survey.

Key Findings:

1. The average monthly income of households nationwide is 26,946 baht.

2. The average monthly expenditure of households nationwide is 21,437 baht.

3. The ratio of expenditure to income is approximately 79.6 percent.

4. Nationwide household income and expenditure in 2017: Income increased by 0.1 percent compared to 2015, while expenditure increased by 0.7 percent compared to 2015.

5. Household debt is on the rise, with the number of indebted households increasing from 49.1 percent in 2015 to 50.7 percent in 2017. The majority of these households have debt solely within the formal financial system (90.0 percent).

Informal debt alone accounts for 5.8 percent of households, while only 4.2 percent of households have both formal and informal debt.

6. The distribution of household income nationwide increased in 2015 and 2017, when households
 across the country were divided into five equal groups.

Income inequality was found to show a slight increasing trend, with the highest-income group experiencing a slight increase of only 0.4 percent, while the middle-income groups (groups 2-4) saw their share of income decrease.