Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Thailand
Thailand: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 56.62 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Thailand, 1996–2025
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 rule of law - governance score in Thailand is 56.62 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Thailand peaked at 68.54 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 52.22 0-100, in 2014.
Thailand ranks 105th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Thailand, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 67.35 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 67.22 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 68.54 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 64.19 0-100 | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 57.93 0-100 | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 57.27 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 57.24 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 55.05 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 54.49 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 54.34 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 53.52 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 53.98 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 56.1 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 56.17 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 54.81 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 52.22 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 52.46 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 53.51 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 53.73 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 54.03 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 55.81 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 55.78 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 54.89 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 54.64 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 55.46 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 55.53 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 56.62 0-100 | +2.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 56.62 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 56.62 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 68 0-100, 83% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.29 0-100 | 67.22 0-100 | 67.35 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.06 0-100 | 53.52 0-100 | 68.54 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 54.28 0-100 | 52.22 0-100 | 56.17 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.49 0-100 | 54.64 0-100 | 56.62 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Thailand?
- Rule of law - governance score in Thailand was 56.62 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest rule of law - governance score recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 68.54 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.22 0-100 in 2014.
- How does Thailand rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Thailand ranks 105th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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).