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United States Unemployment Rate 1980s

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

7.27% decade average (1980-1989)

United States's unemployment rate during the 1980s ranged from 5.26% (1989) to 9.71% (1982), averaging 7.27% over 10 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1980	7.18%	–	28th
1981	7.62%	+0.44pp	29th
1982	9.71%	+2.09pp	32nd
1983	9.60%	−0.11pp	33rd
1984	7.51%	−2.09pp	26th
1985	7.19%	−0.32pp	30th
1986	7.00%	−0.19pp	27th
1987	6.18%	−0.83pp	27th
1988	5.49%	−0.68pp	23rd
1989	5.26%	−0.23pp	24th