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Thailand

Capital city — Bangkok

  • Country population

    69,625,582
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.777

    (79/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    2.6
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    311,605
    i
    03/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    449
    i
    03/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    339 %
    i
    12/2018
    / 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 prisone…

    12.2 %
    i
    03/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    Data not disclosed

    i
    12/2019
    / Department of Corrections
  • Untried prisoners

    19.2 %
    i
    03/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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