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Korea Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

3.79% decade average (1980-1989)

Korea's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 2.53% (1988) to 5.20% (1980), averaging 3.79% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	5.20%	–	19th
1981	4.50%	−0.70pp	14th
1982	4.13%	−0.37pp	11th
1983	4.12%	−0.01pp	11th
1984	3.85%	−0.27pp	11th
1985	4.03%	+0.18pp	15th
1986	3.84%	−0.18pp	14th
1987	3.11%	−0.73pp	11th
1988	2.53%	−0.58pp	8th
1989	2.58%	+0.06pp	13th