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Malaysia Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

7.63% decade average (1980-1989)

Malaysia's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 6.72% (1989) to 8.26% (1986), averaging 7.63% over 5 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1985	6.89%	–	28th
1986	8.26%	+1.37pp	35th
1987	8.21%	−0.05pp	37th
1988	8.08%	−0.13pp	39th
1989	6.72%	−1.36pp	29th