Thailand is the 40 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Thailand averaged 35.31 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 40.00 in 2017 and a record low of 28.00 in 2008. source: World Economic Forum



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Business Confidence 47.50 45.80 points Aug 2025
Capacity Utilization 61.14 56.62 percent May 2025
Car Production 110616.00 130223.00 Units Jul 2025
Car Registrations 26518.00 23336.00 Units Mar 2025
Cement Production 2945.60 3096.20 Thousands of Ton Sep 2024
Changes in Inventories -95023.00 -91584.00 THB Million Jun 2025
Coincident Index 104.62 104.22 points Jul 2025
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Corruption Rank 107.00 108.00 Dec 2024
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Industrial Production Mom -2.17 -1.61 percent Jul 2025
Leading Economic Index 163.79 161.83 points Jul 2025
Private Investment MoM -0.40 0.70 percent Jul 2025
Domestic Car Sales YoY 49102.00 50079.00 Units Jul 2025



Thailand Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
40.00 38.00 40.00 28.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly