🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand (ประเทศไทย)
Visiting: High Risk
Thailand is not a place to visit without care. LGBT rights are solid, ranking 38th, and women's safety is fair, at 85th. Its weak spot, though, is the roads, which are among the deadliest anywhere, placed 165th. Violent crime is moderate, freedom is only partly protected and there is significant exposure to conflict, all ranking between 108th and 141st.
Homicide
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Thailand: 4.4
Ranked 73rd in the world for the highest homicide rate.
Why this rank?
Just over four killings per 100,000 people a year is below the world average but above the three where the low tier ends.
Is it safe to visit?
Reasonable. Below the world average — though Thailand hasn't reported a count since 2011, and we used the WHO's estimate.
Road Fatalities
Road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year — lower is better.
Thailand: 25.4
Ranked 16th in the world for the deadliest roads.
Why this rank?
Twenty-five deaths per 100,000 people a year is nearly double the world average of fifteen.
Is it safe to visit?
Not safe on a scooter, which is half the deaths and where a visitor meets it. In a car or bus it's far less.
Conflict
Conflict deaths inside the country in the last twelve months, as recorded by the Uppsala conflict database, civilians killed on purpose, and any UN sanctions or court order over a war. The worst of those sets the colour. Lower is better.
Thailand: 2.80
Ranked 40th most conflict-affected country in the world.
Why this rank?
72 people died in fighting inside Thailand in the year to July 2026, none of them civilians killed on purpose.
Is it safe to visit?
Take care in the far south, where an insurgency killed 38 in the year to July 2026, and on the Cambodian border, where last year's war killed 34 on the Thai side.
Freedom
Six freedoms rated 0–4 by Freedom House — protest, speech, press, religion, movement and due process. The weakest rating sets the colour, and the total places the country inside it — higher is better.
Thailand: 5.47
Ranked 66th least free country in the world.
Why this rank?
In Thailand 4 of the six freedoms are rated 1 and the rest higher. Total 9 of 24.
Is it safe to visit?
Elections happen, but unelected institutions dominate and courts have removed two prime ministers. Insulting the monarchy brings years in prison, including for social media posts. Say nothing about the royal family.
LGBT Rights
LGBT equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Thailand: 6.5
Ranked 38th most equal in the world for LGBT people.
Why this rank?
Marriage equality arrived in January 2025, the first in Southeast Asia, on top of decades without criminalisation. Law and opinion both score in the sixties.
Is it safe to visit?
Fine. LGBT life has long been openly visible, rare in Asia, and the acceptance is genuine, not only in tourist areas.
Women's Safety
Women's safety — feeling safe out at night, political violence against women, a fair hearing in court, and how normal violence at home is, with the night figure setting a floor on the colour — higher is better.
Thailand: 7.31
Ranked 85th safest country in the world for women.
Why this rank?
No attacks on women are recorded and few women say a husband can be justified in beating his wife. The courts rate poorly for women, and 59 percent feel safe out alone at night.
Is it safe to visit?
A woman travelling alone will find Thailand reasonable.