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Finland Unemployment Rate 1980s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
5.41% decade average (1980-1989)

Finland's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 3.11% (1989) to 6.67% (1986), averaging 5.41% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 5.29% 20th
1981 5.74% +0.46pp 19th
1982 6.08% +0.33pp 18th
1983 6.15% +0.07pp 18th
1984 5.93% −0.22pp 20th
1985 6.05% +0.12pp 22nd
1986 6.67% +0.62pp 25th
1987 4.90% −1.77pp 19th
1988 4.21% −0.69pp 19th
1989 3.11% −1.10pp 16th