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Unemployment Statistics

Volume 32: debated on Friday 26 November 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current unemployment

Unemployment percentage rates for September each year
19721973197419751976197719781979198019811982
EC Countries
West Germany0·70·82·13·93·53·63·42·83·14·86·9
France1·82·02·54·44·45·35·86·36·78·48·9
Italy5·14·74·95·55·77·07·17·58·09·110·5
Netherlands2·12·02·74·04·24·24·24·25·27·910·8
Belgium2·73·13·66·37·48·58·99·410·512·814·8
Luxembourg0·050·050·050·20·20·60·70·60·71·01·3
United Kingdom3·52·22·64·55·66·25·85·37·811·513·0
Ireland6·05·45·98·69·18·77·66·98·610·413·1
Denmark0·70·42·34·54·55·56·14·66·48·09·0
Greece0·60·9
Other Countries
Norway0·60·50·51·10·90·71·01·01·21·5*2·1
Switzerland0·30·20·20·5
Austria1·31·10·91·51·21·21·41·21·92·64·6
* July 82
† not available

Source:

Statistical Office of the European Communities for EC Member States.

OECD Main Economic Indicators Supplemented by Labour Attache Reports for Norway, Switzerland and Austria.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the highest percentage rate for unemployment for the Walsall travel-to-work area prior to May 1979; and if he will give the percentage rate for October 1979, October 1980, October 1981 and October 1982.