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Sweden Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

3.42% decade average (1980-1989)

Sweden's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 2.03% (1989) to 4.76% (1983), averaging 3.42% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	2.70%	–	10th
1981	3.42%	+0.72pp	9th
1982	4.34%	+0.93pp	13th
1983	4.76%	+0.42pp	14th
1984	4.23%	−0.53pp	13th
1985	3.85%	−0.38pp	12th
1986	3.61%	−0.24pp	12th
1987	2.87%	−0.74pp	9th
1988	2.35%	−0.52pp	6th
1989	2.03%	−0.33pp	9th