Thailand

Capital city — Bangkok

Country population
69,625,582
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.777
(79/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.6
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
311,605
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
449
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
339 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
143
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
12.2 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
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12/2019
/ Department of Corrections
Untried prisoners
19.2 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

12.2 % (37,948)

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

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12/2019

/ Department of Corrections

19.2 % (59,709)

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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