Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
1. Population	mill.	59.4	60.1	60.8	61.5	61.7	62.3
2. Economic growth rate	%	8.9	5.9	-1.7	-10.8	4.2	4.4
2.1 Agriculture	%	2.9	3.6	0.4	-3.2	2.7	2.2
2.2 Manufacture	%	11.4	6.9	0.9	-11.1	11.2	5.9
3. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)	Bill. Baht	4,192.7	4,701.2	4,740.4	4,628.4	4,615.4	4,901.0
	Bill.US$	168.3	185.5	151.1	111.9	122.0	122.0
4. GNP Per Capita	Baht/Person	69,436	75,220	75,935	72,657	72,754	80,491
5. Inflation rate (CPI)	%	5.8	5.9	5.6	8.1	0.3	1.6
6. Foreign Trade
6.1 Export (f.o.b.)	Bill Baht	1,406.3	1,411.0	1,806.7	2,248.1	2,214.2	2,777.7
	Bill. US$	56.7	55.9	58.3	54.5	58.5	69.9
6.2 Import (c.i.f.)	Bill Baht	1,763.6	1,832.8	1,924.3	1,774.1	1,907.4	2,494.2
	Bill. US$	70.7	72.2	63.2	42.4	49.9	62.2
6.3 Trade balance	Bill Baht	-357.3	-421.8	-117.6	474	306.9	283.6
	Bill. US$	-14.0	-16.3	-4.9	12.1	8.5	7.7
6.4 Balance on Current Account	Bill Baht	-337.6	-372.2	-40.2	592.1	470.0	367.1p
	Bill. US$	-13.2	-14.4	-3.1	14.3 p	12.5	9.2p
6.5 Balance of Payments	Bill Baht	179.5	54.6	-299.2	57.6	172.7	-58.4p
	Bill. US$	7.2	2.2	-10.6	1.7	4.6	-1.6p
7. Investment
7.1 Approved from B.O.I.	No.	1,205	974	868	648	680	1,112
Amount	Bill. Baht	584.7	529.4	469.5	287.5	162.3	279.1
7.2 Net flows foreign direct investment	Bill. Baht	49.9	57.5	117.7	209.9 p	134.6 p	99.4
8. Assets
8.1 SET Index (30 Apr. 1975/100.00)	%	1,280.8	831.6	372.7	355.8	481.9	269.2
8.2 Price per Earnings Ratio (P/E)	%	19.8	12.0	6.6	10.0	14.7	5.5
9. Monetary
9.1 Minimum Loan Rate(MLR) *	Baht	13.75	13.00-13.25	15.25	11.50-12.00	8.25-8.50	7.50-8.25p
9.2 Average exchange rate **	Baht/US$	24.92	25.34	31.37	41.37	37.84	40.16