What is women's political empowerment index in Thailand?

Women's political empowerment index in Thailand was 0.688 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest women's political empowerment index recorded in Thailand?

The highest recorded value was 0.802 in 2011.

What is the lowest women's political empowerment index recorded in Thailand?

The lowest recorded value was 0.154 in 1789.

How does Thailand rank for women's political empowerment index?

Thailand ranks 114th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is women's political empowerment index rising or falling in Thailand?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Thailand data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Political Empowerment Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Thailand

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index in Thailand
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Thailand: Women's Political Empowerment Index was 0.688 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.688

Change on year

down 8.0%

World rank

114th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.802

in 2011

All-time low

0.154

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Thailand, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 0.688 for women's political empowerment index in 2025.

The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's political empowerment index in Thailand peaked at 0.802 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.154, in 1789.

Thailand ranks 114th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Thailand, year by year

Annual values for Women's Political Empowerment Index in Thailand, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.154	—
1790	0.154	+0.0%
1791	0.154	+0.0%
1792	0.154	+0.0%
1793	0.154	+0.0%
1794	0.154	+0.0%
1795	0.154	+0.0%
1796	0.154	+0.0%
1797	0.154	+0.0%
1798	0.154	+0.0%
1799	0.154	+0.0%
1800	0.154	+0.0%
1801	0.154	+0.0%
1802	0.154	+0.0%
1803	0.154	+0.0%
1804	0.154	+0.0%
1805	0.154	+0.0%
1806	0.154	+0.0%
1807	0.154	+0.0%
1808	0.154	+0.0%
1809	0.154	+0.0%
1810	0.154	+0.0%
1811	0.154	+0.0%
1812	0.154	+0.0%
1813	0.154	+0.0%
1814	0.154	+0.0%
1815	0.154	+0.0%
1816	0.154	+0.0%
1817	0.154	+0.0%
1818	0.154	+0.0%
1819	0.154	+0.0%
1820	0.154	+0.0%
1821	0.154	+0.0%
1822	0.154	+0.0%
1823	0.154	+0.0%
1824	0.154	+0.0%
1825	0.154	+0.0%
1826	0.154	+0.0%
1827	0.154	+0.0%
1828	0.154	+0.0%
1829	0.154	+0.0%
1830	0.154	+0.0%
1831	0.154	+0.0%
1832	0.154	+0.0%
1833	0.154	+0.0%
1834	0.154	+0.0%
1835	0.154	+0.0%
1836	0.154	+0.0%
1837	0.154	+0.0%
1838	0.154	+0.0%
1839	0.154	+0.0%
1840	0.154	+0.0%
1841	0.154	+0.0%
1842	0.154	+0.0%
1843	0.154	+0.0%
1844	0.154	+0.0%
1845	0.154	+0.0%
1846	0.154	+0.0%
1847	0.154	+0.0%
1848	0.154	+0.0%
1849	0.154	+0.0%
1850	0.154	+0.0%
1851	0.154	+0.0%
1852	0.154	+0.0%
1853	0.154	+0.0%
1854	0.154	+0.0%
1855	0.154	+0.0%
1856	0.154	+0.0%
1857	0.154	+0.0%
1858	0.154	+0.0%
1859	0.154	+0.0%
1860	0.154	+0.0%
1861	0.154	+0.0%
1862	0.154	+0.0%
1863	0.154	+0.0%
1864	0.154	+0.0%
1865	0.154	+0.0%
1866	0.154	+0.0%
1867	0.154	+0.0%
1868	0.154	+0.0%
1869	0.154	+0.0%
1870	0.154	+0.0%
1871	0.154	+0.0%
1872	0.154	+0.0%
1873	0.155	+0.6%
1874	0.168	+8.4%
1875	0.168	+0.0%
1876	0.168	+0.0%
1877	0.168	+0.0%
1878	0.168	+0.0%
1879	0.168	+0.0%
1880	0.168	+0.0%
1881	0.168	+0.0%
1882	0.168	+0.0%
1883	0.168	+0.0%
1884	0.168	+0.0%
1885	0.168	+0.0%
1886	0.168	+0.0%
1887	0.168	+0.0%
1888	0.168	+0.0%
1889	0.168	+0.0%
1890	0.176	+4.8%
1891	0.176	+0.0%
1892	0.176	+0.0%
1893	0.176	+0.0%
1894	0.176	+0.0%
1895	0.176	+0.0%
1896	0.176	+0.0%
1897	0.176	+0.0%
1898	0.176	+0.0%
1899	0.176	+0.0%
1900	0.156	-11.4%
1901	0.161	+3.2%
1902	0.161	+0.0%
1903	0.161	+0.0%
1904	0.161	+0.0%
1905	0.192	+19.3%
1906	0.201	+4.7%
1907	0.201	+0.0%
1908	0.201	+0.0%
1909	0.201	+0.0%
1910	0.201	+0.0%
1911	0.212	+5.5%
1912	0.212	+0.0%
1913	0.212	+0.0%
1914	0.212	+0.0%
1915	0.212	+0.0%
1916	0.212	+0.0%
1917	0.212	+0.0%
1918	0.212	+0.0%
1919	0.212	+0.0%
1920	0.212	+0.0%
1921	0.212	+0.0%
1922	0.212	+0.0%
1923	0.212	+0.0%
1924	0.212	+0.0%
1925	0.212	+0.0%
1926	0.212	+0.0%
1927	0.212	+0.0%
1928	0.212	+0.0%
1929	0.212	+0.0%
1930	0.212	+0.0%
1931	0.212	+0.0%
1932	0.216	+1.9%
1933	0.27	+25.0%
1934	0.295	+9.3%
1935	0.295	+0.0%
1936	0.295	+0.0%
1937	0.295	+0.0%
1938	0.295	+0.0%
1939	0.295	+0.0%
1940	0.301	+2.0%
1941	0.301	+0.0%
1942	0.301	+0.0%
1943	0.301	+0.0%
1944	0.301	+0.0%
1945	0.301	+0.0%
1946	0.301	+0.0%
1947	0.301	+0.0%
1948	0.301	+0.0%
1949	0.304	+1.0%
1950	0.301	-1.0%
1951	0.298	-1.0%
1952	0.314	+5.4%
1953	0.314	+0.0%
1954	0.314	+0.0%
1955	0.315	+0.3%
1956	0.315	+0.0%
1957	0.292	-7.3%
1958	0.304	+4.1%
1959	0.304	+0.0%
1960	0.346	+13.8%
1961	0.346	+0.0%
1962	0.35	+1.2%
1963	0.35	+0.0%
1964	0.35	+0.0%
1965	0.35	+0.0%
1966	0.35	+0.0%
1967	0.35	+0.0%
1968	0.35	+0.0%
1969	0.351	+0.3%
1970	0.422	+20.2%
1971	0.406	-3.8%
1972	0.406	+0.0%
1973	0.497	+22.4%
1974	0.539	+8.5%
1975	0.508	-5.8%
1976	0.498	-2.0%
1977	0.494	-0.8%
1978	0.511	+3.4%
1979	0.513	+0.4%
1980	0.595	+16.0%
1981	0.616	+3.5%
1982	0.616	+0.0%
1983	0.626	+1.6%
1984	0.626	+0.0%
1985	0.626	+0.0%
1986	0.622	-0.6%
1987	0.622	+0.0%
1988	0.631	+1.4%
1989	0.631	+0.0%
1990	0.66	+4.6%
1991	0.651	-1.4%
1992	0.678	+4.1%
1993	0.713	+5.2%
1994	0.716	+0.4%
1995	0.725	+1.3%
1996	0.718	-1.0%
1997	0.734	+2.2%
1998	0.751	+2.3%
1999	0.762	+1.5%
2000	0.775	+1.7%
2001	0.782	+0.9%
2002	0.782	+0.0%
2003	0.782	+0.0%
2004	0.783	+0.1%
2005	0.787	+0.5%
2006	0.728	-7.5%
2007	0.776	+6.6%
2008	0.78	+0.5%
2009	0.784	+0.5%
2010	0.79	+0.8%
2011	0.802	+1.5%
2012	0.802	+0.0%
2013	0.733	-8.6%
2014	0.649	-11.5%
2015	0.685	+5.5%
2016	0.622	-9.2%
2017	0.659	+5.9%
2018	0.677	+2.7%
2019	0.704	+4.0%
2020	0.697	-1.0%
2021	0.699	+0.3%
2022	0.703	+0.6%
2023	0.721	+2.6%
2024	0.748	+3.7%
2025	0.688	-8.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.154	0.154	0.154	1
1790s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1800s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1810s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1820s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1830s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1840s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1850s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1860s	0.154	0.154	0.154	10
1870s	0.1625	0.154	0.168	10
1880s	0.168	0.168	0.168	10
1890s	0.176	0.176	0.176	10
1900s	0.1796	0.156	0.201	10
1910s	0.2109	0.201	0.212	10
1920s	0.212	0.212	0.212	10
1930s	0.268	0.212	0.295	10
1940s	0.3013	0.301	0.304	10
1950s	0.3071	0.292	0.315	10
1960s	0.3493	0.346	0.351	10
1970s	0.4794	0.406	0.539	10
1980s	0.6211	0.595	0.631	10
1990s	0.7108	0.651	0.762	10
2000s	0.7759	0.728	0.787	10
2010s	0.7123	0.622	0.802	10
2020s	0.7093	0.688	0.748	6

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More gender data for Thailand

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 9,170 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -2.1 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 278,147 (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 295,559 (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 282,643 (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 300,402 (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 287,479 (2025)
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 305,571 (2025)
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 292,562 (2025)
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 310,911 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's political empowerment index in Thailand?: Women's political empowerment index in Thailand was 0.688 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's political empowerment index recorded in Thailand?: The highest recorded value was 0.802 in 2011.
What is the lowest women's political empowerment index recorded in Thailand?: The lowest recorded value was 0.154 in 1789.
How does Thailand rank for women's political empowerment index?: Thailand ranks 114th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's political empowerment index rising or falling in Thailand?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Thailand data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Political Empowerment Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's Political Empowerment Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 26,029 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which women enjoy civil liberties, can participate in civil society, and are represented in politics.