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Panama Unemployment Rate 1980s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
13.11% decade average (1980-1989)

Panama's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 8.38% (1980) to 18.94% (1989), averaging 13.11% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 8.38% 35th
1981 9.18% +0.81pp 33rd
1982 10.98% +1.80pp 35th
1983 11.57% +0.59pp 38th
1984 12.22% +0.64pp 41st
1985 14.42% +2.20pp 47th
1986 12.50% −1.91pp 49th
1987 14.10% +1.60pp 51st
1988 18.78% +4.68pp 59th
1989 18.94% +0.16pp 63rd