Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Thailand

Thailand: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 56.27 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
56.27 0-100
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
81st
of 205 countries
All-time high
59.23 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
52.65 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Thailand, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 59.2 0-1001998: 53.1 0-1002000: 56.8 0-1002002: 53.4 0-1002003: 55 0-1002004: 54.6 0-1002005: 56.1 0-1002006: 54.7 0-1002007: 54.3 0-1002008: 53.4 0-1002009: 56 0-1002010: 54 0-1002011: 53.7 0-1002012: 54.8 0-1002013: 54.3 0-1002014: 53.8 0-1002015: 52.7 0-1002016: 53.2 0-1002017: 54.4 0-1002018: 54.8 0-1002019: 54.1 0-1002020: 53.6 0-1002021: 55.4 0-1002022: 55.8 0-1002023: 57.3 0-1002024: 56.3 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Thailand is 56.27 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Thailand peaked at 59.23 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 52.65 0-100, in 2015.

Thailand ranks 81st of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Thailand, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Thailand, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 59.23 0-100
1998 53.14 0-100 -10.3%
2000 56.78 0-100 +6.9%
2002 53.39 0-100 -6.0%
2003 55 0-100 +3.0%
2004 54.59 0-100 -0.7%
2005 56.14 0-100 +2.8%
2006 54.66 0-100 -2.6%
2007 54.28 0-100 -0.7%
2008 53.37 0-100 -1.7%
2009 56 0-100 +4.9%
2010 54.03 0-100 -3.5%
2011 53.71 0-100 -0.6%
2012 54.85 0-100 +2.1%
2013 54.25 0-100 -1.1%
2014 53.85 0-100 -0.8%
2015 52.65 0-100 -2.2%
2016 53.18 0-100 +1.0%
2017 54.39 0-100 +2.3%
2018 54.75 0-100 +0.7%
2019 54.07 0-100 -1.3%
2020 53.62 0-100 -0.8%
2021 55.4 0-100 +3.3%
2022 55.76 0-100 +0.7%
2023 57.28 0-100 +2.7%
2024 56.27 0-100 -1.8%

Thailand compared with similar countries

  • Thailand's 56.27 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Thailand's 56.27 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 56.18 0-100 53.14 0-100 59.23 0-100 2
2000s 54.91 0-100 53.37 0-100 56.78 0-100 9
2010s 53.97 0-100 52.65 0-100 54.85 0-100 10
2020s 55.67 0-100 53.62 0-100 57.28 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 78 Saint Lucia 56.56 0-100 compare
  2. 78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.56 0-100 compare
  3. 80 Moldova 56.35 0-100 compare
  4. 82 Panama 56.11 0-100 compare
  5. 83 Senegal 55.9 0-100 compare
  6. 84 Jordan 55.54 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Thailand?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Thailand was 56.27 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 59.23 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 52.65 0-100 in 2015.
How does Thailand rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Thailand ranks 81st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Thailand data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
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Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).