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France Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

8.20% decade average (1980-1989)

France's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 6.35% (1980) to 9.15% (1987), averaging 8.20% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	6.35%	–	25th
1981	7.44%	+1.09pp	27th
1982	8.07%	+0.63pp	29th
1983	7.38%	−0.69pp	22nd
1984	8.46%	+1.08pp	32nd
1985	8.70%	+0.24pp	37th
1986	8.88%	+0.18pp	38th
1987	9.15%	+0.28pp	41st
1988	8.84%	−0.31pp	45th
1989	8.70%	−0.14pp	46th