Thailand - Tertiary Industries Employment

Thailand: Tertiary Industries Employment

Mnemonic	ETER.ITHA
Unit	Ths. #
	Monthly	1.47 %
Data	Dec 2020	17,499
	Nov 2020	17,760

Series Information

Source	The Bank of Thailand
Release	Labor Force Survey
Frequency	Monthly
Start Date	1/31/2011
End Date	12/31/2020

Thailand: Labor

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Real Wages & Salaries	2021 Q3	10,842	8,109	Mil. THB, NSA	Quarterly
Wage & Salaries	2021 Q3	10,842	8,109	Mil. THB, NSA	Quarterly
Labor Force	Dec 2020	39,450	39,119	Ths. #, NSA	Monthly
Labor Force Employment	Dec 2020	38,761	38,268	Ths. #, NSA	Monthly
Primary Industries Employment	Dec 2020	13,482	12,053	Ths. #, NSA	Monthly
Secondary Industries Employment	Dec 2020	7,780	8,454	Ths. #	Monthly
Tertiary Industries Employment	Dec 2020	17,499	17,760	Ths. #	Monthly
Total Employment Non-Ag	Dec 2020	25,279	26,215	Ths. #, NSA	Monthly
Unemployment	Dec 2020	589.66	783.76	Ths. #, NSA	Monthly
Unemployment Rate	Dec 2020	1.49	2	%, NSA	Monthly
Agriculture Employment	2017	12,835,952	12,983,823	#	Annual

Release Information

Description

For Thailand, survey-based labor force status measures and employment by industry.

Thailand's labor force statistics are tripartite: employment, unemployment, and "seasonal unemployment" a.k.a. "seasonally inactive labor force." The latter pertains to the large agricultural workforce (about one-third of total employment) which is cyclically unemployed during each dry season (November to May).

Working-age population (over 15 years)
Total labor force
Persons not in the labor force
Employed persons
Unemployed persons
Current labor force
Seasonally inactive labor force (unemployed)
Unemployment rate
Seasonal unemployment rate

Properties

Measurements:
- Thousands of persons (Ths. #)
- Percentage (%)
Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
Native frequencies: Monthly
Start dates: As early as 2001m1

Methodology

The survey is conducted simultaneously for all surveyed units nationwide during days 1 to 12 of each month. Data are collected by NSO officers through interview with head or member of the household units participated in the survey. Data compilation is based on weighted average of sampled data, the details of which appear in the NSO’s website under the topic “Labour Force Survey”.

Employment is classified by UN ISIC Rev. 4.

Moody's Analytics supplements

We compute seasonally adjusted counterparts for the LFS quartet using the X-13ARIMA-SEATS program. We update factors annually.

Revisions

Since January 2014 change estimation which adjusted from population census 2010.