Unemployment eases in Q4 of 2021
Rate down to 1.6% from 2.3% in Q3
Thailand’s unemployment rate eased in the fourth quarter of last year, and bachelor’s degree holders still maintain the highest unemployment rate, according to the latest survey by the National Statistical Office.
Piyanuch Wuttisorn, director-general of the National Statistical Office, reported on Monday 630,000 workers were left unemployed in the fourth quarter of last year, representing 1.6% of the 38.63-million-strong workforce. The rate was down from 2% in the first quarter, 1.9% in the second quarter and 2.3% in the third quarter of 2021.
According to the survey, of the total 38.63 million workforce, 37.90 million were employed persons.
Employment in the farm sector accounted for 12.60 million in the quarter, up by 1.4% from 12.43 million in…
