Rankings ยท Thailand
Each ranking lists every office-holder by how one indicator moved from their first day in office, next to Thailand over the same months. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Aug 2026. The worldwide rankings set them against every other country's.
Prime ministers
- Real GDP during each prime minister's tenureNESDC's quarterly national accounts via the IMF (QNEA, B1GQ, chain volume, not seasonally adjusted), summed over the trailing four quarters, from 2003; the IMF's annual GDP (ANEA) before, rescaled to 2003
- Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenureNESDC's quarterly GDP via the IMF (chain volume), summed over the trailing four quarters (the IMF's annual GDP before 2003), over the population (World Bank, UN estimates) interpolated to the quarter
- Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenureNational Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey (data catalogue tables LFS_02_20542_22, LFS_02_20540 and LFS_02_20535_1), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2020; the survey's yearly averages before (2014-2019, to one decimal, LFS_OS_02_0020_03_SDG)
- Employment rate, 15 and over during each prime minister's tenureNational Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey (data catalogue tables LFS_02_20542_22, LFS_02_20540 and LFS_02_20535_1), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2020; the survey's yearly averages before 2020 as the ILO compiles them (World Bank, SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.NE.ZS)
- People employed during each prime minister's tenureNational Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey (data catalogue tables LFS_02_20542_22, LFS_02_20540 and LFS_02_20535_1), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2020, employed persons, the seven regions added up
- Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureMinistry of Commerce's consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, its change on the same month a year earlier), national
- House prices during each prime minister's tenureBank of Thailand, residential property price index (all types of home together, 2011 = 100), from commercial banks' and specialised financial institutions' mortgage loans (hedonic), quarterly from 2011, not adjusted for inflation, the kingdom (EIRPPIQ00089)
- Population during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank (SP.POP.TOTL) from the UN's World Population Prospects, mid-year
- Happiness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Happiness Report, Figure 2.1 data (Gallup World Poll): life evaluation, the national average answer to Gallup's question of where on a ladder from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best) people stand today; each point the average of three years of surveys, dated at the middle one, with the WHR's 95 % interval from 2019; 2013 is not published
- Government effectiveness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_GE.SC): perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service and of policy-making, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Regulatory quality during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Rule of law during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Control of corruption during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_CC.SC): perceptions of public power used for private gain, petty and grand, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Corruption perceptions index during each prime minister's tenureTransparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI score): perceived public-sector corruption as business people and country experts rate it, comparable from 2012, the score as TI publishes it with its confidence interval
- Voice and accountability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_VA.SC): perceptions of how far citizens can take part in choosing their government, and of freedom of expression, association and the media, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Electoral democracy index during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_polyarchy): the electoral democracy index, free and fair elections with wide suffrage and the freedoms of association and expression that make them count, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Liberal democracy index during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_libdem): the liberal democracy index, electoral democracy plus the checks on the executive and the rights of the person, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Freedom of expression during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_freexp_altinf): the freedom of expression and alternative sources of information index, the press, academic and private speech and the media's independence, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Political stability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
Governors
- Real GPP during each governor's tenureNational Economic and Social Development Council, gross regional and provincial product (the yearly 'GPP On Web' workbook, 1995 on), chain volume, reference year 2002; the latest year provisional, the province of Bangkok
- Real GPP per person during each governor's tenureNational Economic and Social Development Council, gross regional and provincial product (the yearly 'GPP On Web' workbook, 1995 on), chain volume, reference year 2002; the latest year provisional, over the council's population estimate (which counts residents not registered in Bangkok)
- Unemployment rate during each governor's tenureNational Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey (data catalogue tables LFS_02_20542_22, LFS_02_20540 and LFS_02_20535_1), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2020, Bangkok
- Employment rate, 15 and over during each governor's tenureNational Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey (data catalogue tables LFS_02_20542_22, LFS_02_20540 and LFS_02_20535_1), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2020, Bangkok
- People employed during each governor's tenureNational Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey (data catalogue tables LFS_02_20542_22, LFS_02_20540 and LFS_02_20535_1), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2020, employed persons in Bangkok
- House prices during each governor's tenureBank of Thailand, residential property price index (all types of home together, 2011 = 100), from commercial banks' and specialised financial institutions' mortgage loans (hedonic), quarterly from 2011, not adjusted for inflation, Bangkok and its vicinity (EIRPPIQ00090): the bank publishes no index for the city alone
- Population during each governor's tenureNational Economic and Social Development Council, the population its provincial product is divided by (residents, registered or not; the civil register counts 5.4 million), yearly from 1995
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