Thailand Consumer Prices Fall for Fifth Month

2025-09-04 07:12 By Kyrie Dichosa 1 min. read

Consumer prices in Thailand fell by 0.79% year-on-year in August 2025, a sharper drop than market expectations of a 0.70% decline and matching July’s pace.

This marked the fifth consecutive month of deflation, and well below the central bank’s 1%–3% target range.

Costs continued to decline across most categories, including transportation (-2.73% vs -3.87% in July), clothing and footwear (-1.07% vs -1.08%), and housing (-0.23% vs -0.23%).

Deflation also persisted in healthcare (-0.93% vs -1.08%) and tobacco and alcoholic beverages (-0.09% vs -0.04%).

At the same time, food and non-alcoholic beverage prices edged down 0.08%, reversing from a 0.84% increase in July.

In contrast, recreation and culture went up 0.48% after a 0.47% increase a month earlier.

Meanwhile, core consumer prices rose 0.81%, above forecasts of 0.75% but slightly easing from July’s 0.84% gain.

On a monthly basis, consumer prices dipped 0.01%, compared to a 0.27% fall in the previous period.



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