• Macro data:

    1. National Statistical Office of Thailand (NSO): The website provides aggregate data from censuses and surveys conducted by the National Statistical Office of Thailand. The reports summarize the data collected into aggregate data. Most aggregate data presented in the reports are also available in Excel format. The Thai website often contains better and more detailed information, and therefore, the link to the corresponding Thai webpage is also provided. The NSO has a data catalog, but in most cases, only regional-level data are provided therein.

      • Population and Housing Census (decennially) (EN/TH): Conducted nationwide to collect information on the population and their place of residence. The topics covered by the census are population size, population growth, sex ratio, household size, population density, nationality and religion, marital status and fertility, house registration, education, employment, migration, sex of household head, type of living quarters, and water source.

      • Agricultural Census (decennially) (EN/TH): Conducted to collect basic information from all agricultural holdings. Data cover the number and area of holdings, type of agricultural activity, land tenure, land use, use of fertilizer, demographic characteristics (sex, age, education, income), and employment of agricultural workers.

      • Business and Industrial Census (quinquennially) (EN/TH): Conducted to collect information on how businesses and industries in Thailand evolve. The NSO presents findings in two main types of reports i.e. manufacturing industry (EN/TH) and trade and services industry (EN/TH). The data covered in these reports are number and size of establishment, form of legal organization, form of economic organization, period of operation, registered capital, foreign investment or shareholding, export, use of imported raw materials, capacity utilization, industry, persons engaged and remuneration, gross output, intermediate consumption, value-added, and business sentiment.

      • Household Socio-Economic Survey (annually) (EN/TH): Thailand’s largest and most comprehensive household socio-economic datasets. Repeated annual cross-sectional datasets since 2001. The data cover household characteristics (household head’s sex, age, marital status, and education, household characteristics, housing characteristics etc.), income by source, expenditures (consumption and non-consumption expenditures), assets (real estate, vehicles, savings), debts (including source of debt), and assistance from governmental programs.

      • Labor Force Survey (quarterly) (EN/TH): A survey conducted to understand the working status of the population. The main categories of the information surveyed are address, household characteristics, employment, education, and wage or salary.

      • Time Use Survey (quinquennially) (EN/TH): time use for each activity type (e.g. formal sector work, work for household, unpaid domestic services, learning, etc.) and characteristics of the surveyed (sex, age, marital status, education, occupation, industry, work status, purpose of the activity, activity location, activity participants, etc.).

      • The FinScope Survey (2013) (TH only): A survey on financial access. Information surveyed includes household and household head characteristics, residence, agricultural activities and financing, income and expenditures, financial transactions and channels, financing for important events, attitudes towards financial matters, financial problems and solutions, savings and investments, borrowings, risk management and insurance, etc.

      • Other main survey topics are social (demographic, population, and housing, labor, religion, art, and culture, health, social security, gender, household income and expenditure, justice, security, political, and public administration), economic (transportation and logistics, trade and price, tourism and sports, national accounts, energy, industry), ​Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Natural Resources and Environment Sector.

    2. Thailand's Integrated Database for Economics: Data website by Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Bank of Thailand's research unit. The data cover the most widely-used aggregate economic and financial indicators. The main categories are economic and financial, financial institutions, financial market, payment systems, and regional economy.

    3. Data.go.th: Thai Government’s data portal. Datasets from various governmental agencies are available for download on the website. As of now, the website is only available in Thai.

    4. National Agricultural Big Data Center: The data webpage of the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. A good source for agriculture-related aggregate data. Only available in Thai.

    5. National Labour Information Center: The data webpage of the Ministry of Labour. A good source for labor-related aggregate data. Only available in Thai.

  • Micro data:

    1. National Statistical Office of Thailand (NSO): The NSO conducts many censuses and surveys covering various aspects. Please use the NSO entry in the macro data section to gauge what kind of micro data might be available (the questionnaire used is often included in the report). Unfortunately, the NSO does not provide access to micro data on the website. To gain access to the micro data, a formal application including a research plan is required to access the datasets.
      Type: Household and firm data, Access:
      License required (Thai only), Cost: Estimated after application

    2. The Townsend Thai Data: Data provided by the Townsend Thai project. The focus is on the existence and use of formal and informal financial mechanisms and institutions and how they affect households’ financial behavior. The survey was conducted in 4 provinces. The data include households’ characteristics, assets, liabilities, income, expenditures, and cash flows.

      • Baseline survey: The large baseline survey conducted in 1997

      • Annual resurveys: A subsample of the original baseline survey was resurveyed annually (one-third of the original sample of villages was resurveyed in 1998)

      • Monthly resurveys: A subsample of the original baseline survey was resurveyed monthly (45 households from each of 16 villages (4 from each of the 4 original provinces) were resurveyed)

      • Townsend Thai Project Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) Survey (1997, 2000): A part of the Townsend Thai Project. The survey aims to understand the role of formal and informal financial institutions in semi-urban and rural areas of Thailand.

Type: Household data, Access: Downloadable without registration (Harvard Dataverse), Cost: Free

    1. UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Survey: MICS is a survey with focus on the wellbeing of women and children but also includes development variables. The data include household characteristics, housing characteristics and living environment (drinking water, sanitation facilities), access to electricity and internet, assets (TV, radio, telephone, computer), reproductive and maternal health (adolescent birth, miscarriage, contraception, HIV, etc.), child health, nutrition, and development (breastfeeding, immunization, diet, literacy, etc.), household violence and exploitation, and social transfers. For Thailand, data from MICS3 (2005-06), MICS4 (2012-13), MICS5 (2015-16), and MICS6 (2019) are available.
      Type: Household data, Access:
      Application required, Cost: Free

    2. Nang Rong Projects: The projects follow more than 50,000 individuals in Nang Rong district, a relatively poor district in Northeastern Thailand for 20 years to understand social networks, migration, agricultural practices, land use and land cover, and population-environment interactions. The data from 1984, 1994, and 2000 are available for public use.
      Type: Household data, Access: Registration required (ICPSR), Cost: Free

    3. World Bank Global Findex Database: Datasets with focus on financial access and financial service usage. In 2017, almost 150,000 people were surveyed (approximately 1,000 from each of 144 countries). Data include individual’s characteristics and financial behavior (ownership and/or usage) on credit card, debit card, borrowing account, deposit account, mobile and online financial services, and payments and remittances. For Thailand, data from 2011, 2014, and 2017 are available.
      Type: Household data, Access: Application required (
      2011, 2014, and 2017), Cost: Free

    4. World Bank Enterprise Surveys: Enterprise Surveys launched by the World Bank offer an expansive array of economic data on 171,000 firms in 149 countries. The surveys collect information about a country's business environment, how it is experienced by individual firms, how it changes over time, and the various constraints to firm performance and growth. The full data sets are available at the firm level. For Thailand, data from the Enterprise Survey (2016) and Investment Climate Survey (2004, 2006) are available.
      Type:
      Firm data, Access: Application required, Cost: Free

    5. Financial Institutions’ Summary Statement of Assets and Liabilities: Data provided from the Bank of Thailand. The Summary Statement of Assets and Liabilities provides key information from the statement of financial position. Information includes cash, interbank and money market items, investments, loans, deposits, equity, non-performing loans, regulatory capital ratio, etc. The data frequency is monthly.
      Type:
      Firm data, Access: Downloadable without registration, Cost: Free

    6. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand: The website provides documents disclosed by listed companies and companies seeking to go public as required by the SEC. These documents include prospectuses, annual registration statements (Form 56-1), annual reports, financial statements, etc.
      Type: Firm data, Access: Downloadable without registration, Cost: Free

    7. SETSMART: A commercial service by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) which provides data on companies listed on the SET. Data include but not limited to company information, financial performance, and historical stock price.
      Type: Firm data, Access: Subscription required, Cost: THB 250/month (Different for non-Thais)

    8. DBD Datawarehouse: A website by the Department of Business Development (DBD). The website provides searchable basic information on companies registered with the DBD. Information includes but not limited to date registered, capital, basic financial statements, address, shareholders, business activities, etc. Some information is only available in Thai.
      Type: Firm data, Access: Displayed on the website, Cost: Free

    9. Factory Database by the Department of Industrial Works: The website provides searchable database for factories in Thailand. Information includes name, ID, factory type, ISIC/TSIC codes, address, business activities, machinery horsepower, capital, and number of workers. Only available in Thai.
      Type: Factory data, Access: Displayed on the website, Cost: Free

    10. Thailand Government Spending: A website on government budget by the Government of Thailand. It also has project-level data including project name, the responsible department, budget, contract amount, date, location, project status, other contract-related information, and etc. Only available in Thai.
      Type: Project data, Access: Downloadable without registration, Cost: Free

    11. Household Costs of Hospitalized Dengue Illness in Semi-rural Thailand: Hosted by Harvard Dataverse, this is a dataset by Ratanawong and Tozan (2017). The dataset covers 224 hospitalized patients who were diagnosed with dengue. The data collected are patient information (age, sex, dengue illness-related information, etc.), hospitalization costs (type of care, provider, different types of costs, reimbursement from insurance/work), and household characteristics.
      Type: Patient-level, Access: Downloadable without registration, Cost: Free

    12. Replication Data for The Impact of the Universal Health Scheme on Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Thailand: The replication data for the study by Ushijuma (2021), which assesses the impact of the universal health coverage scheme (the Bt30 scheme) on household saving behavior. The dataset draws from the Household Socio-Economic Survey (SES) data (2000, 2001, 2004).
      Type: Household-level, Access: Downloadable without registration, Cost: Free