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New Zealand Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

5.12% decade average (1980-1989)

New Zealand's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 3.91% (1981) to 7.33% (1989), averaging 5.12% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	4.02%	–	15th
1981	3.91%	−0.11pp	11th
1982	4.36%	+0.45pp	14th
1983	6.24%	+1.88pp	19th
1984	7.19%	+0.95pp	23rd
1985	3.92%	−3.26pp	13th
1986	4.20%	+0.28pp	16th
1987	4.23%	+0.02pp	17th
1988	5.80%	+1.58pp	25th
1989	7.33%	+1.53pp	35th