LOPBURI, Nov 1 – Thailand’s unemployment in August fell by 38,000 persons from July, when there were 355,000 without jobs, but increased by 97,000 to 317,000 from 220,000 without work year-on-year, according to government spokesman Teerat Ratanasevi.
He said the Cabinet acknowledged the report of the National Statistics Office.
Currently, there are a total of 39.3 million persons in the workforce, of whom 38.9 million are employed, 0.32 million unemployed, and 0.04 million waiting for the next employment season. The unemployment rate is 0.8 per cent of total workforce.
However, compared to the same period last year, the number of Thai workforce decreased from 39.8 million in 2012.
