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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

1.3b Unemployment Rate

Seasonally adjusted (a) - per cent

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

1966-67

1.8

1.7

1.8

2.0

1967-68

1.9

1.8

1.9

1.9

1968-69

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

1969-70

1.7

1.9

1.6

1.7

1970-71

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.9

1971-72

1.9

2.2

2.4

2.4

1972-73

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.3

1973-74

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

1974-75

2.7

4.0

4.8

4.8

1975-76

4.7

5.4

4.9

4.5

1976-77

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.6

1977-78

5.8

5.9

6.7

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.3

1978-79

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.2

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.2

6.3

1979-80

6.3

6.1

6.3

6.4

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.2

6.3

6.4

1980-81

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.1

5.9

6.1

5.9

5.7

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.4

1981-82

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.3

6.4

6.6

6.8

1982-83

7.0

7.0

7.5

8.3

8.7

9.4

9.3

9.7

10.0

10.1

10.3

10.2

1983-84

10.3

10.2

10.4

10.0

9.7

9.5

9.5

9.4

9.2

9.4

8.9

9.1

1984-85

8.7

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.5

8.6

8.4

8.7

8.4

8.4

8.6

1985-86

8.1

8.2

8.1

7.9

8.0

7.8

7.8

8.1

8.0

7.9

7.9

7.7

1986-87

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.3

8.3

8.4

8.2

8.3

8.5

8.3

8.2

8.0

1987-88

8.2

8.1

7.8

8.1

8.0

7.7

7.6

7.4

7.6

7.9

7.4

7.4

1988-89

6.8

7.1

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.1

1989-90

6.1

6.0

6.1

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.1

6.4

6.2

6.3

6.5

6.7

1990-91

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.7

8.0

8.0

8.4

8.6

9.2

9.9

9.5

9.4

1991-92

9.8

9.8

10.1

10.1

10.2

10.4

10.3

10.5

10.5

10.6

10.8

11.0

1992-93

11.1

10.9

10.8

11.1

11.0

11.2

10.9

11.0

10.9

10.8

10.9

11.0

1993-94

10.9

11.1

10.8

11.0

10.9

10.6

10.5

10.4

10.3

10.1

9.9

10.0

1994-95

9.7

9.5

9.4

9.0

9.2

9.0

8.9

8.8

8.7

8.3

8.5

8.4

1995-96

8.4

8.3

8.4

8.6

8.6

8.2

8.5

8.4

8.5

8.8

8.5

8.4

1996-97

8.6

8.7

8.7

8.8

8.5

8.7

8.6

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.8

8.5

1997-98

8.7

8.7

8.5

8.4

8.4

8.2

8.1

8.1

8.2

7.9

8.1

8.2

1998-99

8.3

8.1

8.1

7.7

(a) Number unemployed as a proportion of the labour force.

Note: There is a break in the series in April 1986. Care should be exercised when making comparisons over periods within which this date falls.

Source: The Labour Force, ABS (6202.0, 6203.0)

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