Thailand employment down 0.1% in Q1

By Xinhua News Agency

May 29, 2024 12:26 am

BANGKOK — Thailand's employment edged down in the first quarter (Q1) of this year due to a drop in agricultural jobs, the country's economic planning agency said on Monday.

The Southeast Asian country's labor force amounted to 39.6 million individuals in the January-March period, representing a 0.1-percent year-on-year decrease, easing from 1.7-percent growth in the final quarter of 2023, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).

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