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BANGKOK, March 2 (Reuters) - Thailand's unemployment
rate in the fourth quarter of 2022 dropped to 1.15% from 1.23%
in the previous quarter, the state planning agency said on
Thursday, as the vital tourism sector rebounds.
Employment increased 1.5% in October-December from a year
earlier, but slowed from a 2.1% rise in the September quarter,
as jobs in the service sector increased but farm sector
employment contracted, the agency said in a statement.
The tourism sector still lacked sufficient workers while the
number of foreign tourists was expected to reach 28 million this
year, Danucha Pichayanan, head of the National Economic and
Social Development Council, told a news conference.
The export sector, however, showed signs of a further
slowdown and efforts should be made to help support exports and
retain jobs in the sector, he said.
In 2022, Thailand had a workforce of 39 million, with
the jobless rate at 1.32%, the agency said.
(Reporting by Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai
Editing by Ed Davies)
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