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Belgium Unemployment Rate 1980s

Name: Belgium Unemployment Rate 1980s
Creator: World Bank
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

9.75% decade average (1980-1989)

Belgium's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 7.37% (1989) to 11.50% (1982), averaging 9.75% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	8.30%	–	34th
1981	10.00%	+1.70pp	36th
1982	11.50%	+1.50pp	37th
1983	10.74%	−0.76pp	35th
1984	10.83%	+0.08pp	37th
1985	10.12%	−0.71pp	39th
1986	10.05%	−0.07pp	41st
1987	9.81%	−0.24pp	43rd
1988	8.83%	−0.98pp	44th
1989	7.37%	−1.47pp	36th