Thailand Faces Alarming Graduate Unemployment, 65% Struggle to Find Jobs

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And yet Thailands government boasts a very low unemployment rate?

I wonder how that works?

 

This paper is a few years old, but I think the description of how the unemployment rate is calculated remains valid.

 

https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@asia/@ro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_bk_pb_136_en.pdf

 

Basically, it is a combination of a generous description of what constitutes employment and the exclusion of those not actively seeking same.