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Jamaica Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

23.66% decade average (1980-1989)

Jamaica's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 15.20% (1989) to 27.58% (1982), averaging 23.66% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	27.26%	–	44th
1981	25.94%	−1.32pp	46th
1982	27.58%	+1.64pp	48th
1983	26.38%	−1.20pp	52nd
1984	25.51%	−0.87pp	54th
1985	25.01%	−0.50pp	58th
1986	23.65%	−1.36pp	60th
1987	20.97%	−2.69pp	60th
1988	19.09%	−1.88pp	60th
1989	15.20%	−3.89pp	56th