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Thailand — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Thailand, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.78%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -70.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Thailand was 0.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.40% in 1998. The lowest was 0.25% in 2013 (about 3.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.51% per year.
Thailand ranks 184 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Thailand sits below it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.78%
First (1991)
2.63%
Change
-70.3%
Highest
3.40%
in 1998
Lowest
0.25%
in 2013
Average
1.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.51%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.78% |
| 2024 | 0.78% |
| 2023 | 0.73% |
| 2022 | 0.94% |
| 2021 | 1.22% |
| 2020 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.72% |
| 2018 | 0.77% |
| 2017 | 0.83% |
| 2016 | 0.69% |
| 2015 | 0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.58% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.