The Best Places To Retire In 2025 Report
FREE REPORT: THE BEST PLACES TO RETIRE IN 2025
We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

THE 10 BEST PLACES TO RETIRE IN 2025

the 10 best places to retire in 2025

PLUS: A SPECIAL BONUS DESTINATION

Simply sign up to receive the FREE daily e-letter, Overseas Opportunity Letter, and we’ll immediately email you our editors’ latest research report… absolutely FREE

We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

Invest In Thailand: Everything You Need To Know 2025

Foreign Direct Investment has played a huge role in Thailand's economic growth in the last decade. Find out why you should invest in Thailand.

We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

Investing in Thailand

Lumpini park and Bangkok city central business downtown at twilight. invest in thailand

Thailand is an important investment destination. Foreign Direct Investment has played a huge role in Thailand’s economic growth in the last decade, as it was one of the best performers.

More than a beach and retirement destination, Thailand is an export hub with an impressive stock performance.

FDI to Thailand  tripled in 2015, up to 10.8 billion dollars. 2016 exceeded expectations as it again landed 10.3 billion for that year, cementing Thailand as the main player for exports.

During 2023, Thailand reached $2.96 billion from Foreign Direct Investments. This mainly driven by private consumption and the tourism industry.

Kathleen Peddicord

Reviewed By Kathleen Peddicord

Kathleen is the Live and Invest Overseas Founding Publisher. She has more than 30 years of hands-on experience traveling, living, and buying property around the world.

Where To Retire At Any Age - And Guarentee Yourself A Richer Liefstyle
Cover for Kathleen Peddicord's book At Home Abroad
Plus, Revealed Inside Your Free Book: 12 Top Places Where You Can Live The Good Life From As Little As $1000 A Month…
Get My Free Book
Revealed Inside Your Free Book:
THE SECRET THAT WILL SAVE YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE
FREE BOOK COWBOY MILLONAIRE THE NEW AMERICAN PIONEER
Claim Your Free Book
spain-conference-logo

Experience The World’s #1 Retirement Haven

Sept. 17-19, 2025
Valencia, Spain

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT

Start Your New Overseas Life Today

A world full of fun, adventure, and profit awaits! Sign up for our free daily e-letter, Overseas Opportunity Letter, and we’ll send you a FREE report on the 10 Best Places To Retire In Style Overseas Today 2025

We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

Table Of Contents

Why Should You Consider Thailand For Investment?

It is a Naturally Rich Country

It’s full of natural resources like oil, sugar, coconut, gas, and other mineral and agricultural products. 

Making use of these natural assets, the country has focused on exporting. Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of rice and a main producer of shrimp. 

Exports are so strong, they make for the 60% of the country’s GDP.

The other remaining percentage goes in large part to the service economy. 

For instance, Thailand has developed many infrastructure projects that have stimulated the economy. Banking, finance, and tourism are responsible for almost half of the GDP.

A Capable Work Pool

This surge in services is also boosted by a skilled workforce, especially for these and other sectors. 

The Thai workforce is well trained and skilled, while still perceiving lower wages than in more developed countries.

Invest In Thailand Because It’s A Strategic Location

A strategic location in Asia, as the country serves as an entryway between southeast Asia and the upper Mekong Basin.

Start Your New Life Overseas Today!
Sign up for our free daily e-letter, Overseas Opportunity Letter, and we'll send you a FREE report on the 10 Best Places To Retire In 2025.
We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

A Supporting Government

The political turmoil of recent years hurt business confidence and direct investment, but the new leader wants to prove otherwise. General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the new self-instituted Prime Minister, has worked to lure investors back.

The Prime Minister has instated a government policy promoting investment and free trade. This led to the creation of many government agencies to help investors spend their money in Thailand. Also, the regime is in total accordance with WTO regulations. This means no export conditions, no restrictions in the manufacturing sector, and no local requirements.

The country has signed 41 bilateral investment treaties for the protection of Thailand’s foreign investments.

Where to Invest in Thailand

The Thai Board of Investment (BOI) offers many incentives for investors. These include advantages like six industrial sectors and eight years of tax exemption for companies. 

Transport, electricity and re-supply deductions; and even 25% reliefs for establishment and construction costs.

The sectors included are:

Farmer and buffalo in rice field Thailand Por Chanwit
  • Agriculture and food
  • Renewable and alternative energies
  • Automobile
  • Electronics, information and communication technologies (ICT)
  • Fashion
  • High added value services (including leisure, health, and tourism)

Apart from the sectors mentioned beforehand, the BOI released a new list of Investment Policies. 

The Deputy Prime Minister approved many more incentives for foreign investors, in response to a slowdown in 2016. These include:

Fiscal

  • Double Depreciation during 2016, including new assets in machinery, equipment, tools, computers, software, vehicles and constructions
  • Triple R&D expenses permitted until 2019
Start Your New Life Overseas Today!
Sign up for our free daily e-letter, Overseas Opportunity Letter, and we'll send you a FREE report on the 10 Best Places To Retire In 2025.
We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

Industrial

  • Next Generation Automotive
  • Smart Electronics
  • Robotics
  • Aviation & Logistics
  • Agriculture & Biotech
  • Food Processing
  • Biofuels & Biochemicals
  • Digital Technologies
  • Medical Hub
  • Affluent & Wellness Tourism

Many other and specified advantages can be found on the official site of Thailand’s   Ministry of Finance.

Kathleen Peddicord

Reviewed By Kathleen Peddicord

Kathleen is the Live and Invest Overseas Founding Publisher. She has more than 30 years of hands-on experience traveling, living, and buying property around the world.

Where To Retire At Any Age - And Guarentee Yourself A Richer Liefstyle
Cover for Kathleen Peddicord's book At Home Abroad
Plus, Revealed Inside Your Free Book: 12 Top Places Where You Can Live The Good Life From As Little As $1000 A Month…
Get My Free Book
Revealed Inside Your Free Book:
THE SECRET THAT WILL SAVE YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE
FREE BOOK COWBOY MILLONAIRE THE NEW AMERICAN PIONEER
Claim Your Free Book
spain-conference-logo

Experience The World’s #1 Retirement Haven

Sept. 17-19, 2025
Valencia, Spain

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT

Start Your New Overseas Life Today

A world full of fun, adventure, and profit awaits! Sign up for our free daily e-letter, Overseas Opportunity Letter, and we’ll send you a FREE report on the 10 Best Places To Retire In Style Overseas Today 2025

We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

Table Of Contents

Investing In Thailand- FAQs

Submit Your Own Questions

Portugal is on the Iberian Peninsula, in the southwest corner of Europe. Portugal shares that peninsula Spain, its larger neighbor.

Portugal is known for Fado music and also for being the largest cork producer in the world.

Portugal’s high season is during July and August, especially to coastal areas. Expect to pay at least a 30% premium on accommodation and encounter warm weather across the country.

Yes, Portugal is a sought after retirement destination. In fact, it’s one the world’s top retirement havens.

More Resources From Thailand

LATEST ON LIVE AND INVEST OVERSEAS

' . . '
Argentina
7 months ago 0

Live Overseas And Launch A New Life

' . . '
Thailand
11 months ago 0

Enjoying Easy Expat Life In An Exotic Wonderland

' . . '
Thailand
12 months ago 0

Perfect Weather, Legendary Cuisine, And Laidback Living

' . . '
Thailand
2 years ago 0

What Sets Chiang Mai Apart From The Rest Of Thailand?

' . . '
France
2 years ago 0

The Top Healthiest Places To Live And Retire In 2023

HOME

Best For:

BROWSE ALL COUNTRIES
How Much Will It Cost
To Live Overseas?
Meet Our Experts

Overseas Property Alert 

 

How To Become Independently Wealthy And Fund The Lifestyle Of Your Dreams

VISIT SITE

Buying Real Estate For Cashflow

 

Discover tips and strategies used by global property investing veterans

READ MORE

Explore Our Latest Posts

 

Learn how to invest and purchase property abroad…

EXPLORE

Live and Invest In Spain Conference

VALENCIA, SPAIN Sep. 17-19, 2025
Learn More About This Event

Offshore Wealth Summit

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA Oct. 15-17, 2025
Learn More About This Event
PRE-REGISTER

GREECE WORKSHOP

VIRTUAL Nov. 13, 2025
Learn More About This Event
PRE-REGISTER
MORE EVENTS

Contact Our Events Team:

Toll-Free U.S. and Canada:
1 (888) 627 8834

From Outside North America:
1 (443) 599 1221

Working Hours
Monday – Friday 08:00 am – 17:00 pm EST.

Reach us with your questions by email at: events@liveandinvestoverseas.com

Overseas Havens Reports

Conference Kits

Lahardan Books

Services

VISIT OUR STORE

THE 10 BEST PLACES TO RETIRE IN 2025

FREE REPORT: The 10 Best Places To retire in 2025

Sign up to receive the FREE daily e-letter, Overseas Opportunity Letter and we’ll immediately email you our editors’ latest research report…

We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

LIBRARY

Follow Us:

© 2008 - Live and Invest Overseas - All Rights Reserved.

RETIRE OVERSEAS AND LIVE LIKE ROYALTY

Sign up for FREE to learn how. Plus, check out our FREE report on THE 10 BEST PLACES TO RETIRE


We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.

RETIRE OVERSEAS AND LIVE LIKE ROYALTY

Sign up for FREE and learn how to live the good life on a modest budget, find bargain property, and more. Plus, check out our free report on the 10 BEST PLACES TO RETIRE.

We Value Your Privacy! We will not share your email address with anyone else, period.