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Thailand — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Thailand, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
66.68%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -11.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Thailand was 66.68% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 75.50% in 1996. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.34% per year.
Thailand ranks 49 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Thailand sits above it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
66.68%
First (1990)
75.21%
Change
-11.3%
Highest
75.50%
in 1996
Lowest
66.68%
in 2025
Average
71.66%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.34%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.68% |
| 2024 | 67.13% |
| 2023 | 67.81% |
| 2022 | 67.18% |
| 2021 | 66.95% |
| 2020 | 67.02% |
| 2019 | 66.94% |
| 2018 | 67.8% |
| 2017 | 67.53% |
| 2016 | 68.32% |
| 2015 | 69.27% |
| 2014 | 69.79% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.