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Thailand

Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, with King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (Rama X) as head of state. The national election in 2019 was generally peaceful with few reported irregularities, although observers noted a restrictive legal framework and selective enforcement of campaign regulation. As the first Southeast Asian nation, the senate of Thailand approved in 2024 a marriage equality bill to legalize same-sex marriage. There were reports that members of the security forces committed a variety of abuses. Insurgents in the southernmost provinces committed human rights abuses and attacked government security forces and civilian targets
  • authorities investigated and prosecuted such actions. Authorities took some steps to investigate and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses. Official impunity, however, continued to be a problem.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Government corruption
  • Trafficking in persons
  • Significant restrictions on workers' freedom of association
  • Sexual exploitation of children

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

47/100

Global Rights Index

10,0/100 (5)

Human Development Index

80,3/100 (0,803)

Kids Rights Index

88,5/100 (0,885)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

62,0/100 (3,8)

Global Slavery Index

46,0/100 (54,0)

Trafficking in persons report

62,5/100 (T2)

Global Gender Gap Index

71,1/100 (0,711)

Rule of Law Index

49,0/100 (0,49)

Fragile States Index

43,3/100 (68,0)

Freedom in the World Index

36,0/100 (36)

Environmental Performance Index

45,5/100 (45,5)

Corruption Perceptions Index

35,0/100 (35)

Equality Index

60,0/100 (60)