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

The unemployment rate in Thailand rose to 1.3 percent in February of 2018 from 1.1 percent in the same month a year earlier. The number of unemployed went up by 61 thousand from the prior year to 491 thousand while the number of employed declined by 83 thousand to 37.6 million. In January 2018, the jobless rate also stood at 1.3 percent. Unemployment Rate in Thailand averaged 1.45 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
2018-01-29	01:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%
2018-02-28	03:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%
2018-03-28	01:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%
2018-04-30	01:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		1.3%	1.2%
2018-05-30	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			1.2%
2018-06-28	03:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			1.3%

Thailand Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	1.30	1.30	5.73	0.39	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	37601.40	37073.40	39973.11	30376.71	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	490.80	474.60	1923.25	157.58	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	31193.00	43849.00	115636.00	12620.00		[+]
Wages	13971.36	13877.70	13971.36	6344.00	THB/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	12593.68	12745.00	12745.00	5516.00	THB/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	305.00	300.00	305.00	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	98.42	99.99	110.42	90.23	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	119.18	110.25	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 April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	1.30	1.30	5.73	0.39	2001 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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unemployment rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Spain	16.74	Mar/18	16.55	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	12.60	Feb/18	12.2	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Italy	10.90	Feb/18	11.1	13	5.8	%	Monthly
Turkey	10.80	Jan/18	10.4	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
France	8.90	Dec/17	9.6	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.50	Feb/18	8.6	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Canada	5.80	Mar/18	5.8	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.50	Mar/18	5.5	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.50	Sep/17	5.33	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	5.00	Mar/18	5	14.1	4.8	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.20	Feb/18	4.3	12	3.4	%	Monthly
United States	4.10	Mar/18	4.1	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
South Korea	4.00	Mar/18	3.6	7.1	2.9	%	Monthly
China	3.90	Dec/17	3.95	4.3	3.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	3.90	Mar/18	4.1	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.50	Feb/18	3.5	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Mexico	2.90	Mar/18	3.2	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.90	Mar/18	3.2	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.50	Feb/18	2.4	5.5	1	%	Monthly