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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Thailand: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Thailand is placed 10th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 271.29 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 2.9 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
10th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Thailand on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
271.29
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 21st of 177 by UNCTAD
Thailand: 271.29. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 625.94 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Cambodia 60.22 · Myanmar 37.01 · Malaysia 523.33
2.9
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Thailand: 2.9. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 1.1 Brunei
- Land neighbours
- Cambodia 3.3 · Myanmar 10.2 · Malaysia 3.5
3.5
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 34th of 139 by World Bank Group
Thailand: 3.5. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 4.3 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Cambodia 2.4 · Laos 2.4 · Malaysia 3.6
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
16.86
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Thailand: 16.86. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 43.57 Philippines
- Land neighbours
- Cambodia 1.46 · Myanmar 0.97 · Malaysia 35.21
02Over time
Which way Thailand is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
ThailandWorld median
Thailand rose from 201.9 in 2006 to 272.12 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Thailand World median 2026 272.1 56.21 2025 271.3 60.84 2024 266.9 55.22 2023 264.7 54.78 2022 264.1 51.49 2021 245.1 52.64 2020 231.3 47.86 2019 218.2 51.05 2018 219.3 52.03 2017 217.4 49.87 2016 211.6 48.09 2015 213.2 49.13 2014 191.0 48.08 2013 209.6 51.32 2012 202.4 47.44 2011 201.5 50.26 2010 207.6 50.51 2009 188.4 53.04 2008 180.2 51.68 2007 207.2 55.78 2006 201.9 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
ThailandWorld median
Thailand rose from 3.311 in 2007 to 3.5 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Thailand World median 2023 3.50 2.900 2018 3.41 2.706 2016 3.26 2.734 2014 3.43 2.753 2012 3.18 2.773 2010 3.29 2.746 2007 3.31 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
ThailandWorld median
Thailand fell from 28.02 in 2000 to 16.86 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Thailand World median 2024 16.86 0.975000 2023 14.98 0.690000 2022 15.20 0.565000 2021 15.31 0.550000 2020 15.27 0.680000 2019 14.40 0.625000 2018 15.11 0.480000 2017 15.48 0.630000 2016 15.30 0.865000 2015 16.45 0.790000 2014 15.92 0.760000 2013 15.50 0.645000 2012 15.97 0.630000 2011 15.47 0.535000 2010 18.80 0.560000 2009 19.65 0.780000 2008 18.92 0.595000 2007 21.50 0.660000 2006 23.52 0.445000 2005 23.30 0.570000 2004 23.67 0.535000 2003 24.85 0.530000 2002 25.23 0.510000 2001 25.50 0.490000 2000 28.02 0.430000
03In context
Thailand beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Thailand and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Malaysia | 6th | 523.33 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 35.21 |
| Thailand | 10th | 271.29 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 16.86 |
 Cambodia | =91st | 60.22 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.46 |
 Myanmar | =136th | 37.01 | 10.2 | — | 0.97 |
 Laos | not placed | — | — | 2.4 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Thailand in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Thailand is ahead of the world, and behind
28 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which Thailand does better than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4562.6034.456No earlier reading
Thailand: 2.603 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 137th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2252.0243.225▲ Improved since 2016
Thailand: 2.024 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 71st of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.1010.206▲ Improved since 2015
Thailand: 0.101 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 97th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4239.6825.42▲ Improved since 2014
Thailand: 39.68 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 51st of 170 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Thailand does worse than the middle country measured.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4942.0265.494▲ Improved since 2014
Thailand: 2.026 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 55th of 75 · derived.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.240.079No real change since 2018
Thailand: 0.24 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 16th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.2-0.6281.2▼ Worsened since 2015
Thailand: -0.628 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 152nd of 176 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4740.717.474No real change since 2014
Thailand: 0.71 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 108th of 118 · derived.
No better end20
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3233,179,399223,323No real change since 2015
Thailand: 3,179,399 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3471.1536.34No real change since 2015
Thailand: 71.15 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 21st of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68138.4179.68Moved since 2015
Thailand: 138.41 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 22nd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4138.927.41Moved since 2012
Thailand: 38.9 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78811,432,6261,827,788Moved since 2014
Thailand: 11,432,626 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 20th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7267.2741.72Moved since 2015
Thailand: 67.27 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 27th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.735,805275.73No real change since 2016
Thailand: 5,805 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2352.7351.235Moved since 2014
Thailand: 2.735 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4511,178,757444,451No real change since 2015
Thailand: 1,178,757 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26984,01712,269Moved since 2015
Thailand: 84,017 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1330.274-0.133Moved since 2013
Thailand: 0.274 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60213.289.602Moved since 2015
Thailand: 13.28 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8362,8801,836Moved since 2015
Thailand: 2,880 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.663.673.66Moved since 2013
Thailand: 3.67 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0894.4366.089Moved since 2015
Thailand: 4.436 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1728.6367.17No real change since 2014
Thailand: 28.63 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2388.75103.23Moved since 2015
Thailand: 88.75 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.8-18.542.8Moved since 2012
Thailand: -18.5 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2791.5765.279No real change since 2013
Thailand: 1.576 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.0840.306Moved since 2015
Thailand: 0.084 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
No current reading for Thailand
Creative Services Exports. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Thailand’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Thailand’s best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade10th of 1774/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality27th of 1592/3 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 37th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation38th of 1764/4 keys
- Digital & Technology55th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing57th of 2004/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions68th of 1944/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital71st of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge74th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 95th of 1844/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 95th of 1834/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties113th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience133rd of 1934/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 132nd of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 139th of 1864/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Thailand can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysThis page
Thailand10th4/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Thailand and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Thailand on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Thailand rank on mobility & trade?
Thailand is placed 10th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Thailand?
271.29 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Thailand?
2.9 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Thailand compare with Myanmar on mobility & trade?
Myanmar is placed joint 136th of 177, and Thailand 10th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Myanmar 37.01, Thailand 271.29; Container Import Dwell Time: Myanmar 10.2, Thailand 2.9; ICT Goods Exports: Myanmar 0.97, Thailand 16.86.
How have Thailand’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 201.9 in 2006 to 272.12 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 3.311 in 2007 to 3.5 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 28.02 in 2000 to 16.86 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Thailand?
No current reading is published for Thailand on Creative Services Exports. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 28 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Thailand’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Thailand (banner) — Unknown author, CC BY 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Thailand: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/thailand/mobility