Civil Rights Score in Thailand
Thailand: Civil Rights Score was 3 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil Rights Score in Thailand, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, civil rights score in Thailand stood at 3. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score in Thailand peaked at 7 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2015.
Thailand ranks 82nd of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.67 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.6 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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More social development data for Thailand
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 84,017 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 327 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.314 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.478 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.186 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.478 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score in Thailand?
- Civil rights score in Thailand was 3 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2005.
- What is the lowest civil rights score recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2015.
- How does Thailand rank for civil rights score?
- Thailand ranks 82nd out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which civil rights are codified in law, and the state prosecutes any violations and works to prevent discrimination.