# Economist Projects $4 Billion in Losses from Southern Floods

- Link: https://www.thailand-business-news.com/economics/261947-economist-projects-4-billion-in-losses-from-southern-floods
- Published: 2025-12-15T10:27:41+07:00
- Author: Wassana Kasemchai

Severe flooding in southern Thailand has caused significant economic damage, with
recent assessments highlighting widespread destruction in key provinces and the 
region’s primary commercial center, Hat Yai. The floods have disrupted transportation
networks, inundated agricultural lands, and forced thousands of residents to evacuate
their homes. Authorities are working tirelessly to provide relief and assess the
full extent of the damage, while local businesses face mounting challenges in recovering
from the disaster.

The devastating floods that swept through southern Thailand between November 19 
and 27 have caused an estimated 140 billion baht in economic damage, according to
Associate Professor Aat Pisanwanich (อัทธ์ พิศาลวานิช), an expert in international
economics and ASEAN. He said the losses across nine severely affected provinces 
are equivalent to about 15% of their combined Gross Provincial Product, with Songkhla
alone accounting for around 75 billion baht.

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The nine hardest-hit provinces—Songkhla, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Trang,
Satun, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, and Surat Thani—represent about 70% of the South’s
total economy, with roughly 2.9 million people, or 32% of the regional population,
affected. Hat Yai District in Songkhla, the region’s economic hub, has suffered 
the greatest impact. 

Direct and indirect losses there, including damage to homes, shops, vehicles, inventories,
roads, electricity, and water systems, are estimated between 5.75 and 12.1 billion
baht, equal to 7.5–16% of Hat Yai’s Gross Provincial Product.

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Aat called on all agencies to draw lessons from this disaster by improving early-
warning systems, command and control, communication with the public, and evacuation
procedures, stressing that future responses must be more efficient and better coordinated
in a single direction.

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