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Japan Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

2.50% decade average (1980-1989)

Japan's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 2.02% (1980) to 2.85% (1987), averaging 2.50% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	2.02%	–	8th
1981	2.21%	+0.19pp	8th
1982	2.35%	+0.14pp	5th
1983	2.66%	+0.31pp	5th
1984	2.71%	+0.05pp	6th
1985	2.63%	−0.08pp	7th
1986	2.77%	+0.14pp	8th
1987	2.85%	+0.08pp	8th
1988	2.52%	−0.33pp	7th
1989	2.25%	−0.27pp	10th