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Thailand's unemployment drops from 2010
BANGKOK, June 6 (TNA) - The National Statistical Office (NSO) reported on Monday that Thailand's overall unemployment stood at 258,000 in April, a drop of some 166,000 people compared to the corresponding period last year.
The NSO said that the latest unemployment accounted for 0.8 per cent of Thailand's total workforce, and that most of them, or 199,000, were waiting for new jobs and were mostly, or 88,000 of them, in the local trade and service sectors, followed by 69,000 in the local production and 42,000 in the local farm sector.
According to the official report, some 86,000 of the total unemployed were new graduates, most of them or some 79,000 completed their university-level education, followed by 52,000 who completed their secondary-level schools and 49,000 who left their primary-level schools; while some 39,000 of them only completed their pre-primary-level education. The official figures showed, however, that the unemployed fell year-on-year in all groups.
The NSO reported that employed workers in Thailand in April, on the other hand, totaled 37.37 million, most of them, or 24.71 million, were in the country's non-farm sector, an overall drop by some 70,000 from the same period last year although there was a surge of some 250,000 in the local bureaucratic, welfare and defence sectors; while the remaining 12.66 million were in the Thai farm sector, an increase of some 180,000 from the corresponding period last year. (TNA)
The NSO said that the latest unemployment accounted for 0.8 per cent of Thailand's total workforce, and that most of them, or 199,000, were waiting for new jobs and were mostly, or 88,000 of them, in the local trade and service sectors, followed by 69,000 in the local production and 42,000 in the local farm sector.
According to the official report, some 86,000 of the total unemployed were new graduates, most of them or some 79,000 completed their university-level education, followed by 52,000 who completed their secondary-level schools and 49,000 who left their primary-level schools; while some 39,000 of them only completed their pre-primary-level education. The official figures showed, however, that the unemployed fell year-on-year in all groups.
The NSO reported that employed workers in Thailand in April, on the other hand, totaled 37.37 million, most of them, or 24.71 million, were in the country's non-farm sector, an overall drop by some 70,000 from the same period last year although there was a surge of some 250,000 in the local bureaucratic, welfare and defence sectors; while the remaining 12.66 million were in the Thai farm sector, an increase of some 180,000 from the corresponding period last year. (TNA)
