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Italy Unemployment Rate 1980s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
8.45% decade average (1980-1989)

Italy's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 7.37% (1983) to 9.68% (1988), averaging 8.45% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 7.37% 31st
1981 7.65% +0.28pp 30th
1982 8.29% +0.64pp 30th
1983 7.37% −0.92pp 21st
1984 7.83% +0.47pp 27th
1985 8.17% +0.33pp 34th
1986 8.87% +0.70pp 37th
1987 9.62% +0.75pp 42nd
1988 9.68% +0.07pp 47th
1989 9.67% −0.02pp 50th