Thailand’s total investment applications rose by 94% year-on-year to a value of 1.37 trillion baht (US$41.8 billion) in the first nine months of 2025, led by projects in the digital and electronics sectors, the Board of Investment (BOI) said on Wednesday.
Of the total, projects worth 985 billion baht ($30 billion) were from foreign companies, up 82% from a year earlier, the agency said in a statement.
The top three sources of foreign investors were Singapore with 360 billion baht of projects, followed by Hong Kong with 237 billion baht and China with 143 billion baht, it said.
BOI secretary-general Narit Therdsteerasukdi said earlier this month that it would speed up investment projects worth 300 billion baht ($9.16 billion) over the next four months.
The board will facilitate and ease investment rules to support the 70 projects, which mainly involve data centres, electronics and power generation, he added.
The investment push is part of the government’s plans to boost Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which has been hit by US tariffs, high household debt and a strong baht.
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