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Jobless numbers decline, says NSO

First quarter’s figures same as pre-Covid

Job seekers arrive at the Bangkok Job Fair 2021 at Fortune Town shopping mall in the capital on March 21, 2021. (File photo)

Thailand’s labour market improved in the first quarter, with the number of unemployed people dropping to 420,000, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO).

NSO director-general Piyanuch Wuttisorn said the NSO compiles labour force statistics every three months to examine employment levels among the population.

In the first quarter of this year, the labour force situation improved compared to the same period in the previous year, she said.

Data showed that of 58.8 million people aged 15 years and over, 40.3 million or 68.5%…

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