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Thailand

Capital city — Bangkok

  • Country population

    69,428,524
    i
    2018
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.765

    (77/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    3.2
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    347,042
    i
    03/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    539
    i
    03/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    144.8 %
    i
    09/2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    143
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    13.6 %
    i
    03/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0 %
    i
    12/2019
    / Department of Corrections
  • Untried prisoners

    16.7 %
    i
    03/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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