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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

1.5b Long-term Unemployed

Percentage of total unemployed (a)

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Annual average

1977-78

11.9

11.6

13.8

14.0

14.5

1978-79

15.1

15.1

15.9

15.8

15.6

16.0

15.6

16.6

17.9

17.7

19.2

19.0

16.6

1979-80

19.6

17.6

18.0

18.6

18.8

19.0

19.1

19.3

19.8

18.8

18.2

17.6

18.7

1980-81

18.6

19.3

19.0

19.9

20.6

19.6

20.7

20.2

19.8

18.6

19.5

19.7

19.6

1981-82

19.1

20.4

20.1

18.8

19.3

17.9

18.8

18.8

19.6

19.7

19.1

18.0

19.1

1982-83

18.8

18.5

19.0

17.7

18.0

18.5

19.8

19.4

22.0

22.6

22.9

24.6

20.4

1983-84

25.3

27.1

27.9

29.3

29.7

31.4

31.6

32.0

31.5

29.5

31.2

30.7

29.8

1984-85

32.5

30.7

30.3

30.3

29.9

31.6

29.7

31.3

31.1

31.4

32.2

31.3

31.1

1985-86

30.9

30.3

30.8

31.3

29.2

29.5

29.4

27.7

27.7

28.0

26.4

27.9

29.1

1986-87

26.6

26.9

27.1

27.4

28.8

27.6

28.9

28.6

27.1

27.9

28.9

27.8

27.8

1987-88

28.4

28.1

28.1

27.0

27.5

28.0

27.0

27.2

27.6

26.3

28.1

28.6

27.7

1988-89

29.6

27.9

28.5

29.0

27.3

27.1

26.3

26.3

26.3

25.6

26.5

25.4

27.2

1989-90

24.0

22.6

23.6

23.6

23.9

22.6

22.8

21.2

22.8

22.5

21.3

21.4

22.7

1990-91

21.5

21.3

20.2

19.8

19.5

19.7

21.0

21.2

21.4

21.1

22.2

23.2

21.1

1991-92

23.1

24.8

25.5

26.0

26.7

28.1

30.1

31.6

32.0

33.3

31.6

32.8

29.0

1992-93

34.8

34.3

35.5

34.1

35.2

35.6

36.2

35.1

36.7

36.2

38.4

37.1

35.8

1993-94

36.6

36.5

37.2

36.1

36.9

37.2

37.0

37.0

36.4

36.3

35.9

35.9

36.6

1994-95

35.5

36.5

35.2

36.3

34.8

35.3

35.0

34.0

31.9

33.2

32.3

33.4

34.4

1995-96

32.1

31.0

30.4

31.2

29.3

29.9

31.0

29.3

28.2

27.9

26.9

27.6

29.5

1996-97

28.1

28.7

29.2

28.7

27.9

28.5

29.3

29.8

28.9

30.4

29.9

31.8

29.3

1997-98

30.9

31.1

33.3

32.3

31.5

33.1

31.4

32.1

30.7

32.5

31.3

30.5

31.7

1998-99

32.3

34.0

33.1

32.6

(a) Unemployed for 52 weeks or more; monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.

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 (6203.0)

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