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Thailand · Community

61.1% say their neighbors care about their wellbeing

About six in ten respondents in Thailand said their neighbors care about them and their wellbeing a lot or somewhat.

Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll · Fieldwork 2025

People · Generations · Financial milestones

The “maybe later” economy.

Housing, education, work and family choices increasingly collide with financial pressure. PolisMetric keeps the U.S. Pew benchmark separate from Deloitte’s same-wave Gen Z and millennial country evidence so unlike questions are never forced into one ranking.

Verified 2026 country result

Thailand

#1of 15 verified countries on Gen Z delayed major decisions
Delayed decisions

Delayed major life decisions

Gen Z65%
Millennials57%

Share saying finances caused them to delay major life decisions such as marriage, starting a family or business, or further education.

Housing shapes career

Housing costs affect career decisions

Gen Z94%
Millennials85%

Share saying housing affordability affects career decisions.

Same-question international comparison

Financial pressure is delaying major life decisions.

These 15 country results come from the same Deloitte 2026 survey wave and the same question. Paired dots show published percentages for Gen Z and millennials; the connector shows the gap. This is not a quality ranking. Countries without a verified national value remain outside the ranking.

Thailand65%57%
Philippines64%64%
Argentina59%67%
Mexico57%52%
Italy56%51%
Australia55%45%
India54%44%
Sweden52%49%
Singapore51%50%
Netherlands51%45%
Switzerland46%60%
United Kingdom46%46%
China46%35%
Germany45%39%
Brazil45%36%

Deloitte Global 2026 Gen Z and Millennial Survey · fielded Nov. 24, 2025–Jan. 15, 2026 · online self-complete survey. The global study includes 22,595 respondents in 44 countries; this chart contains only source-verified country cuts in the current PolisMetric evidence pass.

Country source

Deloitte 2026 Gen Z and Millennial Survey — Thailand perspective. Values are attributed public results and remain source-defined.

Source
Deloitte Global 2026 Gen Z and Millennial Survey
Population
Gen Z and millennials in the source-defined national samples
Fieldwork
2025-11-24/2026-01-15
Sample
22,595 across 44 countries; country sample sizes vary
Uncertainty
Not supplied for these displayed estimates; consult the source methodology.
Question and methods

Share saying finances caused them to delay major life decisions. The separate U.S. Pew anchor uses a different population and question.

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Source-defined populations and questions remain separate. Missing observations are not estimated or changed to zero.

People Intelligence · Thailand · Young women

Political divides and mental health — measured as separate evidence streams.

PolisMetric does not assume that the U.S. pattern applies everywhere. For Thailand, political or gender-attitude evidence is shown only when a governed source supports it, and mental-health evidence is kept methodologically separate. An association is never inferred merely because both measures appear on the same page.

CoveragePolitics evidence · Mental-health gapNo synthetic national values
Political / values evidence

Feminist self-identification by gender

2026 country result + global Gen Z benchmark
29-country Gen Z benchmark54% women · 36% menMulti-country average — not substituted for Thailand's Gen Z result.
Mental-health evidence

Common young-adult comparison not available

Governed evidence gap
Evidence gapNo substitute value is estimated.

This country is not reported in the 2025 Global Mind Project 18–34 country ranking used for the common comparison, and no substitute value is estimated.

Interpretation ruleDo not turn two separate datasets into a causal story.

Political ideology, party affiliation, feminist self-identification, psychological distress and MHQ are different constructs. Cross-country cultural and sampling differences also matter. PolisMetric keeps the measures separate unless a single defensible study directly estimates their relationship in the same population.

POLISMETRICEvidence before narrative
Source & method

Country values are never filled from regional or global averages. Ipsos' Gen Z numbers are shown only as a labeled 29-country benchmark. The Global Mind Project reflects internet-enabled populations and cautions that MHQ differences of up to five points can fall within sampling noise.

Trusted sources · Health & wellness · 2018 baseline

Thailand: who people trusted for health advice.

A directly comparable baseline from the Wellcome Global Monitor. “Most trusted source,” trust in government advice, and trust in medical workers are kept as separate measures. The survey was fielded in 2018; newer country-specific evidence is shown separately when a governed source is available.

Most trusted source88.7%

named doctors or nurses as the person they trusted most for medical or health advice.

2018 national sample n=1,000 · prevalence rank #11 of 35 current PolisMetric countries
Most trusted source · Q20

One question, six answer groups.

Bars use the full weighted country sample denominator, matching Wellcome’s published convention. “Don’t know” and refusals remain in the denominator and are preserved as missing-response metadata.

Doctors & nurses88.7%
Family & friends5.7%
Traditional healers2.2%
Religious leaders1.5%
Famous people0.5%
None / someone else0.2%

Don’t know / refused: 1.2% of the weighted sample.

Source trust · Q2181.8%

Government medical & health advice

Share answering that they trust government medical and health advice a lot or some.

Source trust · Q2295.6%

Medical workers’ advice

Share saying they trust advice from medical workers such as doctors and nurses a lot or some.

35-country comparison

Compare the same question across PolisMetric countries.

Switch measures to inspect directly comparable 2018 values. Bars show response prevalence, not a quality score or PolisMetric ranking.

Doctors or nurses named as the single most trusted sourceQ20: share of the weighted country sample naming a doctor or nurse as the person trusted most for medical or health advice.
Thailand 88.7%Median 79.7%Available 35/35
1Singapore93.5%
2Norway93.2%
3Canada91.1%
4Italy90.7%
5Malaysia90.7%
6United Kingdom90.3%
7Belgium90.2%
8Sweden89.5%
9Australia89.4%
10France88.7%
11Thailand88.7%
12Spain88.1%
13United States88.1%
14Ireland85.2%
15Netherlands84%
16Taiwan83.3%
17Mexico81.4%
18Switzerland79.7%
19Argentina79.1%
20Vietnam78.7%
21India76.8%
22Indonesia76.1%
23Türkiye75.9%
24South Africa74.3%
25Poland71.9%
26Saudi Arabia71.2%
27South Korea71.2%
28Russia69.8%
29Philippines69.6%
30Japan69%
31Brazil65.1%
32Germany63.3%
33Israel63.1%
34China62.4%
35Austria58.7%
Dashed marker = median among countries with a published value for this exact measure. Hover, tap or use Tab to inspect rows.
Source & reuse

Gallup (2019), Wellcome Global Monitor – First Wave Findings. PolisMetric visualization and weighted aggregation from published survey fields. The Wellcome report states that its data and text are distributed under CC BY with attribution; report images are excluded. PolisMetric uses original charts and does not reproduce Wellcome’s graphic design.

Country percentages use the public within-country survey weight (wgt) and the full weighted country sample denominator, matching Wellcome's published country convention. Q21/Q22 combine 'A lot' + 'Some'. Don't know/refused responses remain in the denominator and are preserved as missing-response metadata; unavailable questions remain null and are never converted to zero. Fieldwork: April–December 2018. This supplemental module does not count as five independent People sources.

Source
Wellcome Global Monitor 2018
Population
Nationally representative adult country samples under Gallup World Poll methodology; exact eligible ages and interview modes vary by country.
Fieldwork
April–December 2018
Sample
Thailand: N=1,000
Uncertainty
Not supplied for these displayed estimates; consult the source methodology.
Question and methods

Country percentages use the public within-country survey weight (wgt) and the full weighted country sample denominator, matching Wellcome's published country convention. Q21/Q22 combine 'A lot' + 'Some'. Don't know/refused responses remain in the denominator and are preserved as missing-response metadata; unavailable questions remain null and are never converted to zero.

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AI & society · Pew Research Center · 2026

How Thailand sees AI.

Four directly comparable measures from Pew Research Center’s 2026 global AI study. Rankings below describe the prevalence of each response among the 25 PolisMetric countries covered by this release; they are not quality scores.

Future of work32%

of adults say AI will lead to fewer jobs in Thailand over the next 20 years.

Share rank #22 of 25 covered PolisMetric countries · covered-country median 48%
Q57#22 / 25
32%

Expect AI to lead to fewer jobs

Thailand: 32%25-country median: 48%

Share of adults saying AI will lead to fewer jobs in their country over the next 20 years.

Field period: Feb. 8–May 13, 2026
Q56#21 / 25
17%

Expect AI to increase inequality

Thailand: 17%25-country median: 32%

Share saying AI will increase the gap between rich and poor in their country over the next 20 years.

Field period: Feb. 8–May 13, 2026
Q55#21 / 25
24%

More concerned than excited about AI

Thailand: 24%25-country median: 37%

Share saying they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life.

Field period: Feb. 8–May 13, 2026
Q54#19 / 25
29%

Have heard or read a lot about AI

Thailand: 29%25-country median: 41%

Share saying they have heard or read a lot about artificial intelligence.

Field period: Feb. 8–May 13, 2026
Cross-country comparison

See where Thailand sits among all 25 covered countries.

Switch the measure to compare every directly surveyed PolisMetric country on the same 0–100% scale. Thailand is highlighted; the gold marker shows the 25-country median.

Expect AI to lead to fewer jobsShare of adults saying AI will lead to fewer jobs in their country over the next 20 years.
Thailand 32%Median 48%Rank #22/25
1Australia76%
2South Korea76%
3United States71%
4Canada61%
5United Kingdom61%
6France60%
7Poland59%
8Italy55%
9Spain54%
10Germany51%
11Japan49%
12Netherlands48%
13Sweden48%
14Argentina47%
15Singapore46%
16Mexico44%
17South Africa44%
18Brazil42%
19Israel42%
20Malaysia41%
21Indonesia37%
22Thailand32%
23India29%
24Türkiye29%
25Philippines26%
Bars show published Pew toplines. The dashed vertical marker is the median among the 25 covered PolisMetric countries. Hover, tap or use Tab to inspect a row.
Source

Pew Research Center, Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth, published Sept. 17, 2026. International country results were fielded Feb. 8–May 13, 2026; U.S. measures shown here use the field periods printed on each card.

Pew surveyed 37 places overall. This PolisMetric comparison is restricted to the 25 countries that overlap the canonical 35-country universe. Source results are reproduced as attributed public toplines; PolisMetric does not reinterpret them as an original poll.

Source
Pew Research Center · Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth
Population
Source-defined national adult samples
Fieldwork
Feb. 8–May 13, 2026
Sample
Country sample sizes: see the linked methodology
Uncertainty
Not supplied for these displayed estimates; consult the source methodology.
Question and methods

The selected measure uses the exact Pew topline question. U.S. fieldwork differs by measure, as printed on each card.

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Thailand · People Intelligence

Five sources. Five different stories.

Each finding comes from a different approved source and covers a different part of public life. Open the data view to inspect the measure, sample, evidence note and original source.

Community2025
Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll01 / 05

61.1% say their neighbors care about their wellbeing

Key findingAbout six in ten respondents in Thailand said their neighbors care about them and their wellbeing a lot or somewhat.
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Community

61.1% say their neighbors care about their wellbeing

2025
Published observations · 2025
Measure / groupPublished value
Married / partner50.3%
Neighbors care61.1%
1+ month buffer67.2%
Mental-health harm worry39.6%
Violent-crime harm worry64.7%
Question / measure

Neighbors Care About You and Your Wellbeing: A lot or somewhat

Sample

971 respondents on highlighted item

Evidence

canonical observation

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Finding

About six in ten respondents in Thailand said their neighbors care about them and their wellbeing a lot or somewhat.

Evidence note

Canonical World Risk Poll 2025 observation lrf-wrp-2025-tha-neighbors_care_wellbeing. Weighted national estimate; item base differs from the full survey sample.

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Life evaluation2023–2025
World Happiness Report / Gallup World Poll02 / 05

Average life evaluation is 6.296 out of 10

Key findingWorld Happiness Report 2026 reports a three-year average life evaluation of 6.296 for Thailand.
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Life evaluation

Average life evaluation is 6.296 out of 10

2023–2025
Published observations · 2023–2025
Measure / groupPublished value
2023–2025 average6.296 / 10
Question / measure

Cantril Ladder life evaluation, 0 worst possible life to 10 best possible life

Sample

Gallup World Poll national samples; typically about 1,000 respondents per country per year

Evidence

publisher public result

Use class

PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

World Happiness Report 2026 reports a three-year average life evaluation of 6.296 for Thailand.

Evidence note

Publisher-released World Happiness Report 2026 Figure 2.1 national aggregate. Three-year average; this is a life-evaluation measure, not momentary emotion.

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Education confidence2026-04-30/2026-05-05
NIDA Poll / Thailand Education Partnership03 / 05

58.7% express at least some confidence in Thailand's education system

Key findingNIDA Poll found 41.45% were somewhat confident and 17.25% very confident that today's Thai education system can create a good and stable future for children, for 58.70% combined.
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Education confidence

58.7% express at least some confidence in Thailand's education system

2026-04-30/2026-05-05
Published observations · 2026-04-30/2026-05-05
Measure / groupPublished value
Very confident17.25%
Somewhat confident41.45%
Not very confident29.77%
Not confident at all11.53%
Question / measure

Confidence that Thailand's current education system can create a good and stable future for children

Sample

1,310 adults nationwide

Evidence

publisher public result

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PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

NIDA Poll found 41.45% were somewhat confident and 17.25% very confident that today's Thai education system can create a good and stable future for children, for 58.70% combined.

Evidence note

NIDA Poll / Thailand Education Partnership national public survey. 58.7% is the arithmetic sum of two published response categories, 41.45% and 17.25%.

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Financial security2026-08-11/2026-08-14
Suan Dusit Poll, Suan Dusit University04 / 05

48.31% say they have experienced a financial threat or scam-related situation

Key findingSuan Dusit Poll found 48.31% of respondents had experienced some form of financial threat, while 51.69% said they had not.
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Financial security

48.31% say they have experienced a financial threat or scam-related situation

2026-08-11/2026-08-14
Published observations · 2026-08-11/2026-08-14
Measure / groupPublished value
Experienced48.31%
Not experienced51.69%
Question / measure

Whether respondent had experienced financial threats or scam-related situations

Sample

1,151 respondents nationwide

Evidence

publisher public result

Use class

PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Suan Dusit Poll found 48.31% of respondents had experienced some form of financial threat, while 51.69% said they had not.

Evidence note

Suan Dusit Poll nationwide mixed-mode survey. Online responses made up 30% and field interviews 70%; sample proportions were aligned to regional population structure.

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Historical trust benchmark2018-12/2019-02
Asian Barometer Survey05 / 05

74% reported trust in the military and 71% in courts

Key findingAsian Barometer's published Wave 5 comparison reports 74% trust in Thailand's military and 71% trust in courts.
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Historical trust benchmark

74% reported trust in the military and 71% in courts

2018-12/2019-02
Published observations · 2018-12/2019-02
Measure / groupPublished value
Military74%
Courts71%
Question / measure

Trust in selected institutions

Sample

Thailand national Wave 5 sample; see publisher report

Evidence

publisher public result

Use class

PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Asian Barometer's published Wave 5 comparison reports 74% trust in Thailand's military and 71% trust in courts.

Evidence note

Asian Barometer publisher-issued Wave 5 cross-national comparison. Wave 5 fieldwork ran Dec. 2018–Feb. 2019; this is a historical benchmark.

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