Forcibly displaced people in Thailand
Thailand: Forcibly displaced people was 359,897 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forcibly displaced people in Thailand, 2010–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Thailand recorded 359,897 for forcibly displaced people in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 313.6% on the previous year and up 137.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forcibly displaced people in Thailand peaked at 359,897 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 87,025, in 2024.
Thailand ranks 51st of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Forcibly displaced people in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 106,899 | — |
| 2011 | 137,576 | +28.7% |
| 2012 | 134,029 | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 176,174 | +31.4% |
| 2014 | 173,144 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 151,500 | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 146,417 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 147,651 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 144,168 | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 139,393 | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 97,031 | -30.4% |
| 2021 | 101,707 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 95,398 | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 88,988 | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 87,025 | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 359,897 | +313.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 359,897 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,510, 5.9× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 359,897 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,732, 53.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forcibly displaced people in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +313.6% | 87,025 | 359,897 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 145,695 | 106,899 | 176,174 | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,341 | 87,025 | 359,897 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More social development data for Thailand
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 84,017 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 327 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 327 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0012 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forcibly displaced people in Thailand?
- Forcibly displaced people in Thailand was 359,897 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest forcibly displaced people recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 359,897 in 2025.
- What is the lowest forcibly displaced people recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 87,025 in 2024.
- How does Thailand rank for forcibly displaced people?
- Thailand ranks 51st out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forcibly displaced people rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 137.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.