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Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in Thailand

Thailand: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total was 0.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.6%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
69th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 1987
Years of data
35
1985–2021

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in Thailand, 1985–2021

00.20.40.61985200320211985: 0.547 % of total workers in the service sector1986: 0.537 % of total workers in the service sector1987: 0.529 % of total workers in the service sector1988: 0.55 % of total workers in the service sector1989: 0.555 % of total workers in the service sector1990: 0.554 % of total workers in the service sector1991: 0.545 % of total workers in the service sector1992: 0.559 % of total workers in the service sector1993: 0.563 % of total workers in the service sector1994: 0.564 % of total workers in the service sector1995: 0.549 % of total workers in the service sector1997: 0.568 % of total workers in the service sector1998: 0.55 % of total workers in the service sector1999: 0.557 % of total workers in the service sector2000: 0.559 % of total workers in the service sector2001: 0.54 % of total workers in the service sector2002: 0.53 % of total workers in the service sector2003: 0.532 % of total workers in the service sector2004: 0.545 % of total workers in the service sector2005: 0.544 % of total workers in the service sector2006: 0.549 % of total workers in the service sector2007: 0.551 % of total workers in the service sector2008: 0.552 % of total workers in the service sector2009: 0.543 % of total workers in the service sector2010: 0.544 % of total workers in the service sector2011: 0.555 % of total workers in the service sector2012: 0.558 % of total workers in the service sector2014: 0.57 % of total workers in the service sector2015: 0.58 % of total workers in the service sector2016: 0.581 % of total workers in the service sector2017: 0.594 % of total workers in the service sector2018: 0.591 % of total workers in the service sector2019: 0.6 % of total workers in the service sector2020: 0.596 % of total workers in the service sector2021: 0.592 % of total workers in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total workers in the service sector.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 0.6% for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in 2021.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in Thailand peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1987.

That places Thailand 69th out of 92 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in Thailand, year by year

Year % of total workers in the service sector Change
1985 0.5% —
1986 0.5% -1.7%
1987 0.5% -1.4%
1988 0.5% +3.8%
1989 0.6% +0.9%
1990 0.6% -0.1%
1991 0.5% -1.7%
1992 0.6% +2.5%
1993 0.6% +0.7%
1994 0.6% +0.3%
1995 0.5% -2.7%
1997 0.6% +3.4%
1998 0.5% -3.2%
1999 0.6% +1.3%
2000 0.6% +0.4%
2001 0.5% -3.4%
2002 0.5% -1.8%
2003 0.5% +0.3%
2004 0.5% +2.4%
2005 0.5% -0.1%
2006 0.5% +0.8%
2007 0.6% +0.5%
2008 0.6% +0.0%
2009 0.5% -1.5%
2010 0.5% +0.2%
2011 0.6% +2.0%
2012 0.6% +0.5%
2014 0.6% +2.1%
2015 0.6% +1.8%
2016 0.6% +0.1%
2017 0.6% +2.2%
2018 0.6% -0.5%
2019 0.6% +1.5%
2020 0.6% -0.6%
2021 0.6% -0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 5
1990s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 9
2020s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in Thailand?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total in Thailand was 0.6% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1987.
How does Thailand rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total?
Thailand ranks 69th out of 92 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of total workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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