Southeast Asia
Thailand
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Thailand's #5 import source (world lens). Thailand is the EU's #35 goods supplier.
Thailand on the world stage
Total imports
$307.6bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$300.8bn
229 partners
#1 import source
China
26.2%
#1 export dest.
USA
18.3%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Thailand and the EU
EU imports from
€29.8bn
1.2% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€14.4bn
0.5% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #35 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.48
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
116
EUR/MWh
Consumer
118
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
555
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
20%
of generation
Wholesale 76 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Enhanced single buyer
Direct PPA
Pilot
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
26%
Regulator
Independent
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
Take-or-pay gas PPAs under an EGAT single-buyer leave ratepayers funding roughly 11 GW of barely-used gas capacity while tariffs are indexed to rising LNG imports, so Thailand runs a 26 percent reserve margin and high,…
Tracked infrastructure
114 gas plants
36.1 GW · 8 building
21 coal plants
6.1 GW
27 wind farms
2.1 GW
26 solar farms
1.3 GW · 1 building
9 hydro plants
3.6 GW
1 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
1
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Zinc
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
Pollution Control Department + MRC Mekong monitoring
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (10)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
40.1
→ 48.6 by 2050
Fertility
1.2
below replacement
Working-age
69.9%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
22
→ 50.2 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 71.7M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -7% (66.4M)