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Germany Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

6.94% decade average (1980-1989)

Germany's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 3.36% (1980) to 8.12% (1985), averaging 6.94% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	3.36%	–	13th
1981	4.83%	+1.47pp	16th
1982	6.73%	+1.90pp	23rd
1983	8.10%	+1.37pp	26th
1984	8.06%	−0.04pp	29th
1985	8.12%	+0.07pp	33rd
1986	7.83%	−0.29pp	32nd
1987	7.84%	+0.01pp	33rd
1988	7.74%	−0.11pp	37th
1989	6.79%	−0.95pp	31st