Thailand Unemployment Rate 2001-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The unemployment rate in Thailand inched down to 1 percent in August of 2018 from 1.1 percent in the corresponding month of the preceding year. The number of unemployed declined by 22,600 from the prior year to 402,600 thousand people, while the number of employed went up by 687,200 to 38,268,900 million. In July 2018, the jobless rate also stood at 1 percent. Unemployment Rate in Thailand averaged 1.43 percent from 2001 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 5.73 percent in January of 2001 and a record low of 0.39 percent in November of 2012.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-27	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1%	1.1%
2018-08-23	01:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	1%	1.1%	1.1%
2018-09-27	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	1%	1%	1%
2018-10-31	01:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		1%	1%
2018-11-27	03:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			1%
2018-12-28	03:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			1%

Thailand Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	1.00	1.00	5.73	0.39	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	38286.90	38629.30	39973.11	30376.71	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	402.60	382.50	1923.25	157.58	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	26027.00	23402.00	115636.00	12620.00		[+]
Wages	13788.56	13721.14	13971.36	6344.00	THB/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	12780.75	12660.43	12780.75	5516.00	THB/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	325.00	305.00	325.00	12.00	THB/Day	[+]
Population	66.19	65.93	66.19	27.36	Million	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.20	3.50	5.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	89.45	93.24	110.42	89.45	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	115.37	124.10	147.10	92.90	Index Points	[+]

Thailand Unemployment Rate

In Thailand, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Thailand Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Thailand Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	1.00	1.00	5.73	0.39	2001 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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unemployment rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
South Africa	27.20	Jun/18	26.7	31.2	21.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	15.30	Jun/18	16.74	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	12.10	Aug/18	12.3	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Turkey	10.80	Jul/18	10.2	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
Italy	9.70	Aug/18	10.2	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Argentina	9.60	Jun/18	9.1	20.8	5.9	%	Quarterly
France	9.10	Jun/18	9.2	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.10	Aug/18	8.2	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	6.10	Mar/18	6	6.3	4.35	%	Quarterly
Canada	5.90	Sep/18	6	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.13	Mar/18	5.5	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Australia	5.00	Sep/18	5.3	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Russia	4.50	Sep/18	4.6	14.1	4.5	%	Monthly
South Korea	4.00	Sep/18	4.2	7.1	3	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.00	Aug/18	4	12	3.4	%	Monthly
China	3.83	Jun/18	3.89	4.3	3.83	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	3.70	Sep/18	3.9	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.70	Sep/18	3.9	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Mexico	3.50	Aug/18	3.5	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Germany	3.40	Aug/18	3.4	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Japan	2.40	Aug/18	2.5	5.5	1	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.40	Sep/18	2.4	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Singapore	2.10	Jun/18	2	6	1.4	%	Quarterly