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Somkid Jatusripitak

Somkid Jatusripitak

🇹🇭Thailand

Rank #158
Score: 58
About Somkid Jatusripitak

Somkid Jatusripitak (b. 1955) is an economist, former Deputy Prime Minister and an architect of pro-growth policies including the ‘Thailand 4.0’ agenda. He is influential in economic planning, public-private initiatives and industrial policy circles.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Thailand HDI context7/10
Source: UNDP Human Development Report — Thailand (2018)
GDP per capita
Thailand GDP per capita context (recent decades)7/10
Source: World Bank — Thailand GDP per capita (2018)
Gini coefficient
Gini ~364/10
Source: World Bank — Gini (Thailand) (2018)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio ~60–65%4/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Thailand employment (2018)
Freedom index
Freedom House — mixed political environment; reforms debated4/10
Source: Freedom House — Thailand country report (2018)
Corruption index
CPI context: government anti-corruption debates3/5
Source: Transparency International — Thailand (2018)

Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded20/20
Source: Public record (2025)