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Statistics Office Reveals unemployment figure of 0.8 percent, improved

Bangkok, Statistical Office. Revealing the unemployment figure of 0.8 percent, an improvement, 40.74 million people are employed, 330,000 people are unemployed. Ms. Suwannee Wangkan, Deputy Director of the National Statistical Office, revealed that the National Statistical Office Survey of the working conditions of the population in November 2023, summarized as follows: The working conditions of the population in November 2023 found that 59.03 million people aged 15 years and over are in the labor force or those who are ready to work, 41.11 million people, consisting of 40.74 million employed people and 0.33 million unemployed. People and those waiting for the season 0.04 million people As for those outside the labor force or those who are not ready to work, there are 17.92 million people, including housewives, students, young/old, sick/disabled, etc. For the 330,000 unemployed people, the unemployment rate is 0.8 percent. Compared to October 2023, the unemployed decreased. 0.12 hundred thousand people (fr om 3.41 hundred thousand people to 3.29 hundred thousand people) If comparing unemployment rates by gender and age group, it was found that male unemployment rates decreased. The same is true for youth (ages 15 - 24 years) who also have a decreased unemployment rate. And what is worrisome is The highest number of unemployed people who have completed higher education is 113,000 people. When considering the work experience of the unemployed, it is found that there are 173,000 people who have worked before, or 1,730,000 percent. 52.6, with more unemployed people from the non-agricultural sector than in the agricultural sector (160,000 people and 013,000 people) As for the unemployed people who have never worked before, there are 156,000 people or 47.4 percent. In summary, the situation of those who are employed in November 2023 compared to October 2023, although improved overall. However, We must closely monitor both the issue of the unemployed at the higher education level. and people who have worked before b ut are currently unemployed. Source: Thai News Agency