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Thailand dips in innovation index
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/09/2025
» Thailand's ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 dropped to 45th out of 139 economies from 41st last year, attributed to changes in the methodological framework, the rapid improvement of competitor economies, and declining rankings in some sub-indices.
Flight-tracking platform sees traffic soar
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 13/09/2025
» The popular global flight-tracking platform Flightradar24 experienced a sudden surge among Thai viewers earlier this month, fuelled by interest from people eager to track the flight movements of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra during his private jet flight to Dubai on Sept 4 and eventual return to Thailand on Sept 8.
Deep tech startups spawned
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 24/10/2024
» The Program Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMUC), a research funding unit under the Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Ministry, has successfully nurtured more than 90 Thai deep tech startups and innovation-based entrepreneurs, resulting in an economic value of more than 965 million baht.
Thailand bounces to 35th in competitiveness ranking
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/12/2023
» Public and private organisations have set a high bar, aiming for Thailand to reach the top 30 in the digital competitiveness ranking by 2027 through promotion of electronic transactions, increasing the adoption of e-government services and further integrating open data services.
Thailand climbs up to 35th in digital competitiveness
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/11/2023
» Thailand's Digital Competitiveness ranking in 2023 has climbed up by five places from last year, reaching the 35th position out of 64 economic territories, according to the Institute for Management Development's (IMD) World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (WDCR) 2023.
Thailand remains in 43rd place in latest global index
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 29/09/2023
» Thailand's ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII 2023) remains unchanged at 43rd for a third consecutive year because of a lack of human capital and an unfavourable institutional and regulatory environment, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo).
Thailand slips in digital quality index
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/09/2022
» Thailand fell five spots to 49th position out of 117 countries in the Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL), weighed down by internet affordability, according to cybersecurity firm Surfshark.
Thailand ranked 41st out of 66 for world's best destinations for remote work
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 21/07/2022
» Thailand was ranked 41st out of 66 countries for the world's best destinations for remote work, weighed down by low scores in cybersecurity and English proficiency, according to a new report conducted by NordLayer, a network access security solution provider.
Thailand seeks top 30 place in GII by 2030
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/09/2021
» Thailand has set an ambitious plan to jump into the top 30 in the Global Innovation Index (GII) by 2030 while the country climbed one place to 43rd in the 2021 index recently released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
Nation rises one spot to 28th on IMD index
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/06/2021
» Thailand climbed one spot to 28th in the 2021 world competitiveness rankings conducted by the Institute for Management Development (IMD), boosted by improvements made in employment and public finances.