Frequency

From

To

  ( JAN 2011 - DEC 2025 )

Last Updated : 30 Jan 2026 14:31(Unit: Thousand persons)

  DEC 2025 pNOV 2025 pOCT 2025 pSEP 2025 pAUG 2025 pJUL 2025 p
11.Population 15 years and over 2/59,575.9959,554.3759,533.0159,512.1559,491.6659,471.62
22.Labour Force (2.1 + 2.2 + 2.3) 3/40,228.8140,154.2739,997.5740,447.5340,229.2139,919.36
3   2.1.Employment 4/39,744.6839,846.9639,641.5040,089.0639,898.3739,601.66
4of which underemployment 5/n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
5     2.1.1.Agriculture12,171.3611,718.1610,625.1812,674.5611,904.3511,080.58
6            1) Agriculture, forestry and fishing12,171.3611,718.1610,625.1812,674.5611,904.3511,080.58
7     2.1.2.Non-Agriculture27,573.3228,128.8029,016.3327,414.5027,994.0228,521.08
8            1) Mining and quarrying79.1747.1577.3258.4939.0287.74
9            2) Manufacturing6,449.366,609.126,430.826,455.586,579.126,537.86
10            3) Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply97.80108.9190.9081.6988.14112.04
11            4) Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities59.58104.32102.2254.45114.9971.90
12            5) Construction2,152.421,938.362,024.461,969.232,030.512,030.78
13            6) Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles6,443.796,878.076,642.866,480.546,921.926,745.11
14            7) Transportation and storage1,675.731,578.521,708.411,813.091,618.021,729.78
15            8) Accommodation and food service activities3,301.233,133.893,879.673,299.233,232.713,475.38
16            9) Information and communication155.69197.13174.64192.98206.96168.61
17           10) Financial and insurance activities424.95432.77413.78431.56431.45423.78
18           11) Real estate activities308.46271.13361.56257.80199.57323.17
19           12) Professional, scientific and technical activities539.47481.34429.98510.91446.40393.61
20           13) Administrative and support service activities700.47715.32707.60605.43731.86706.87
21           14) Public administration and defence; compulsory social security1,557.531,801.002,136.791,719.381,671.581,928.46
22           15) Education1,012.981,010.691,222.72949.381,089.751,177.53
23           16) Human health and social work activities760.72889.80872.10759.87852.71815.87
24           17) Arts, entertainment and recreation274.47320.95266.91234.49288.32250.43
25           18) Other service activities1,235.091,230.521,145.251,190.261,132.131,221.16
26           19) Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use286.12258.15276.24270.82220.07233.20
27           20) Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies4.481.745.291.97n.a.3.95
28           21) Unknown53.83119.9246.8177.3598.8083.85
29    2.2.Unemployed Persons295.41272.73292.69323.58298.29274.80
30    (rate of unemployment)0.730.680.730.800.740.69
31           of which new entry174.88118.31140.32166.71193.13171.28
32    2.3.Seasonal Inactive Labour Force188.7334.5863.3834.8932.5542.90
33    (share of total labour force)0.470.090.160.090.080.11
343. Persons not in labour force, age 15 years or over19,347.2219,400.1419,535.4419,064.6219,262.4619,552.26
35           1) Household work4,499.804,482.644,394.114,567.924,585.894,560.99
36           2) Studies4,483.424,717.754,834.184,381.834,689.624,987.11
37           3) Too young / old / incapable of work7,734.107,498.567,588.767,614.417,456.277,391.50
38           4) Others2,629.902,701.202,718.402,500.462,530.682,612.70
Source:
National Statistical Office
Remark:
1/ BOT has not published the monthly results of the Labor Force Survey for the periods between April 2020 - June 2020 and January 2021 - July 2022 on our website, as the NSO could not conduct the labor force survey at the provincial level due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Thailand. However, the quarterly results were published as usual.
2/ Since January 2014 change estimation which adjusted from population census 2010
3/ The concept of "Labor Force" was revised to cover persons with the age of 15 years and over , as opposed to the original concept of 13 years and over.
4/ Classification of industrial base on International Standard Industrial Classification, (ISIC) Revision 4, 2009, UN.
5/ Work less than 35 hours per week and available for additional work (defined by BOT)
EC_RL_009_S4 Labour Force Survey (New Series ISIC Rev.4) 1/