section_path: Public opinion
section_name: Public opinion
paragraph_text: Public opinion
  
  Thai opinion polls have consistently favoured legal recognition of same-sex marriages. According to a 2019 YouGov poll of 1,025 respondents, 63 percent of Thai people supported the legalisation of same-sex partnerships, with 11 percent against and 27 percent preferring not to answer. 69 percent of people aged 18 to 34 supported civil partnerships, with 10 percent opposed. Legalisation was supported by 56 percent of those aged between 35 and 54 (33 percent opposed), and 55 percent of those aged 55 and over (13 percent opposed). 66 percent of those with university degrees were in favour (10 percent opposed), and 57 percent of those without university degrees (12 percent opposed). 68 percent of those with a high income supported civil partnerships (7 percent opposed), and 55 percent of those with a low income (13 percent opposed). 68 percent of women responded in favour (7 percent opposed), as did 57 percent of men (14 percent opposed).
  
  According to a 2022 poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), 80 percent of Thais supported same-sex marriage. A June–September 2022 Pew Research Center poll showed that 60 percent of Thai people supported same-sex marriage (24 percent "strongly" and 36 percent "somewhat"), while 32 percent opposed (18 percent "strongly" and 14 percent "somewhat"). Support was highest among Buddhists at 68 percent, but lowest among Muslims at 14 percent. This level of support was the second highest among the six Southeast Asian countries polled, behind Vietnam at 65 percent, but ahead of Cambodia at 57 percent, Singapore at 45 percent, Malaysia at 17 percent, and Indonesia at 5 percent. A government survey conducted between 31 October and 14 November 2023 showed that 96.6 percent of the Thai public supported the same-sex marriage bill. Opposition to same-sex marriage was mainly concentrated among Thailand's small Muslim minority.