Poland vs Thailand

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Poland runs 104.1 men per 100 women aged 20–39 against 102.5 in Thailand. On the 15 measures both countries carry, Poland leads 8.

The difference at a glance

Green favours Thailand. Country figures. Cities inside one country differ, often by more than the countries differ from each other.

Head to head

Each row is named for the thing more of which is better, so a longer bar always wins.

PolandThailand
104.1More women 20–39men per 100 women, national census102.5
32%Lower income taxtop personal rate, not an effective rate35%
600More English spokenadult proficiency score402
0.8Saferhomicides per 100,000 a year4.8
78.4Longer life expectancyyears at birth76.6
$54,262RicherGDP per capita, current USD$26,250
74/100More politically stable0 to 10054/100
64/100Less corruption0 to 10037/100
12 monthsLonger nomad visamax stay, months60 months

Longer is better. Bar length is the rank among all countries we hold that measure for, not a share of the pair.

Every country measure, side by side

National figures throughout. What a city inside either country costs, and how its own sex ratio runs, is the table below this one.

National men per 100 womenthe city figure is above104.1102.51.6
Visa-free entrylongest headline entry for a typical Western passportn/a60β€”
Top personal income tax rateheadline rate, not an effective rate32%35%3 points
English proficiencyadult proficiency score600402198 points
Homicide rateper 100,000 per year0.84.84.0
Life expectancyyears at birth78.476.61.8 years
GDP per capitacurrent USD$54,262$26,2502.07Γ— as much
Female labour force participationno direction is asserted52%59%β€”
Fertility ratebirths per woman1.141.20β€”
Obesity, womenage-standardised17.6%19.6%2.0 points
Mean height, womenadults166 cm / 5β€²5β€³159 cm / 5β€²3β€³β€”
Political stability0 to 100, higher is more stable74/10054/10020 points
Low corruption0 to 100, higher is cleaner64/10037/10027 points
Digital nomad visamax stay; headline route, not a guarantee12 months60 months5.00Γ—
Never-married women, 20–39census or survey, years differ between countries32.8%33.1%β€”
Main languagethe city may differPolishThaiβ€”

Data updated August 6, 2026.

Sex ratio by age

Men per 100 women in each five-year band, with 100 as parity. National census age×sex tables, which is the one figure on this page no cost-of-living site holds.

PolandThailand80901001101201520253035404550556065age band, lower boundmen per 100 women

Every city we track in both

A national sex ratio is an average of places that do not resemble each other. These are the cities behind it.

Poland

CityMen/100 womenEssentials
Warsawmunicipality level90.0$1,749
KrakΓ³wmunicipality level93.8$1,542
GdaΕ„skmunicipality level94.0$1,540
PoznaΕ„municipality level94.7$1,321
WrocΕ‚awmunicipality level95.1$1,455
Łódźmunicipality level97.4$1,230

Thailand

CityMen/100 womenEssentials
Phuketdistrict level84.4$856
Pattayadistrict level88.0$694
Hua Hindistrict level92.0$671
Bangkokprovince level96.3$690
Chiang Raidistrict level97.5$393
Khon Kaendistrict level98.0
Chiang Maidistrict level102.7$565

Poland spans 7.4 points across its 6 tracked cities, Thailand 18.3 across 7. The national figure is the average of neither.

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