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Israel Unemployment Rate 1980s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
6.05% decade average (1980-1989)

Israel's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 4.56% (1983) to 8.88% (1989), averaging 6.05% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 4.78% 16th
1981 5.12% +0.34pp 18th
1982 5.05% −0.07pp 16th
1983 4.56% −0.49pp 13th
1984 5.89% +1.33pp 19th
1985 6.69% +0.80pp 25th
1986 7.08% +0.39pp 28th
1987 6.06% −1.02pp 26th
1988 6.43% +0.37pp 29th
1989 8.88% +2.45pp 47th