Social Development in Thailand

158 indicators covering social development for Thailand.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index -3 2018 down 175.0% 132nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 2,656 2025 up 218.8% 92nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 214.0% 153rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 121.8% 146th
Political Rights Score 11 2025 up 57.1% 136th
Freedom Score 33 2025 up 3.1% 136th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 2,880 2025 down 65.1% 84th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 down 65.6% 121st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 75.7% 122nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -33.96 % change on previous year 2025 down 132.9% 123rd
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 7 2018 down 50.0% 132nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 10.6 % change on previous year 2025 up 153.5% 47th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.225 2025 down 13.1% 154th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.344 2025 up 76.4% 142nd
Political Corruption Index 0.635 2025 down 7.0% 68th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.635 2025 down 7.0% 68th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.13 2024 up 1.5% 80th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 down 100.0% 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0066 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,848.5% 132nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0033 units per square kilometre 2023 down 64.3% 119th
LGBT+ Rights Index 6.07 2019 up 19.7% 35th
Forcibly displaced people 359,897 2025 up 137.6% 51st
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 down 100.0% 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 up 100.0% 1st
Age of electoral democracy 3 years 2013 down 75.0% 142nd
Corruption Perceptions Index 34 2024 down 10.5% 106th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.9 2024 down 1.9% 67th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.81 2024 down 1.0% 57th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.13 2024 down 7.6% 38th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0378 2024 up 22.7% 137th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.3 2025 down 2.7% 52nd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.3 2025 down 2.7% 52nd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 30.2% 2024 down 4.0% 130th
Homicide rate 4.79 homicides per 100,000 population 2011 down 39.2% 64th
Homicides 3,307 homicides 2011 down 34.1% 19th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 4.79 homicides per 100,000 population 2011 down 39.2% 64th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 4.79 homicides per 100,000 population 2011 down 39.2% 64th
Age of electoral democracy 8 years 2005 up 700.0% 91st
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy -1.74 2020 down 1,100,160.0% 141st
Homicides 847 deaths 2023 down 72.0% 17th
Child homicide rate 0.6328 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 69.2% 39th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 1.07 2020 down 20.9% 18th
Homicide rate 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 72.2% 54th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 72.2% 54th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 1st
Homicides 3,114 deaths 2021 down 33.4% 27th
Homicide rate 4.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 36.0% 102nd
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 4.44 2021 down 35.1% 95th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 9.72 million 2030 down 14.2% 19th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 7.75 2030 down 3.0% 64th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st