100 saved in Thailand in 2000 buys what 63 buys today — 37 % of its purchasing power is gone.
Money's value in Thailand over time
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#13 of 116
higher is better
Ranked behind
89 %
103 of 116 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
36.80 pp
peak 100.00 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 36.80 pp
since 2000
In Asia: #7 of 34vs median 36.65 %: +26.55 pp (better)
The shrinking banknote
Drawn to area: the smaller note covers 63 % of the original's paper, matching the number — scaling width alone would exaggerate the loss. Chained from official CPI since 2000; domestic purchasing power, not an exchange rate. Cash under the mattress took this whole loss — interest-bearing accounts took less.
Among 116 countries
Half of all 116 countries sit between 18.90 % and 55.90 %. Thailand is ahead of 89 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
What 100 units of the currency saved in 2000 buy today, chained from the official CPI index (100 = unchanged). Domestic purchasing power — not an exchange rate.
How to read this figure
Our own calculation, chained from the official consumer price index (World Bank): CPI in 2000 divided by CPI today, times 100. It answers the question the whole atlas is built around — what has money LOST? 100 means the currency buys exactly what it did in 2000; 60 means four tenths of its purchasing power is gone. This is domestic purchasing power only: it says nothing about exchange rates, and nothing about what your own basket costs. The chart shows the whole curve, year by year, because the shape of the decline matters as much as the endpoint.