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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

1.6b Youth Unemployment

Percentage of full-time youth labour force (a)

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Annual average

1977-78

19.5

18.6

17.8

17.2

17.5

1978-79

17.9

18.4

17.9

17.2

18.0

19.4

19.0

18.8

19.6

20.6

19.1

19.4

18.8

1979-80

19.4

19.5

19.6

19.4

18.4

18.2

18.3

17.9

17.5

18.3

18.8

18.8

18.6

1980-81

18.1

18.8

18.9

18.7

18.2

17.9

17.2

16.7

16.3

15.9

15.7

15.0

17.3

1981-82

16.5

16.1

16.2

16.5

17.5

17.4

17.7

18.0

17.7

18.5

19.1

19.3

17.6

1982-83

19.3

19.1

20.0

21.2

23.1

23.7

24.6

25.6

26.9

26.7

26.6

26.6

23.7

1983-84

27.6

26.9

27.5

26.9

25.8

26.1

25.7

26.2

25.6

25.4

24.2

24.5

26.0

1984-85

24.0

25.0

23.9

23.9

25.2

23.0

23.4

23.2

23.8

22.1

21.3

22.4

23.4

1985-86

22.2

21.5

21.4

20.8

21.2

21.4

21.6

21.3

21.8

22.2

22.0

21.7

21.6

1986-87

22.4

21.7

21.7

22.5

21.7

22.1

21.3

23.3

23.2

23.0

22.6

23.2

22.4

1987-88

21.8

22.3

20.7

22.0

21.5

21.0

20.8

19.4

19.9

19.2

19.1

18.9

20.5

1988-89

17.6

17.8

17.7

17.2

16.9

17.4

16.8

17.2

15.1

14.7

14.5

14.5

16.5

1989-90

14.4

14.9

15.9

15.3

14.3

15.4

15.9

15.6

15.9

16.7

17.6

17.7

15.8

1990-91

18.4

19.6

20.4

20.7

22.6

23.7

22.8

23.1

25.3

26.2

27.1

27.2

22.9

1991-92

28.2

28.4

28.5

28.9

30.2

30.2

31.6

32.9

33.0

32.2

33.6

34.7

31.0

1992-93

34.9

33.9

32.3

32.7

32.6

31.6

30.8

32.7

31.0

31.6

30.7

31.5

32.2

1993-94

31.5

32.6

33.0

32.2

31.3

32.1

32.6

32.9

33.6

32.3

32.1

30.9

32.3

1994-95

29.0

28.3

28.7

27.8

27.1

27.5

27.3

27.8

26.4

26.4

28.2

27.8

27.7

1995-96

29.3

28.4

27.3

28.1

29.6

26.9

27.8

26.8

27.2

27.7

27.7

27.6

27.8

1996-97

26.4

28.0

28.5

28.9

29.1

30.2

27.2

28.1

29.2

28.4

27.5

28.0

28.3

1997-98

27.8

27.6

27.3

27.4

28.1

28.2

28.4

26.4

29.1

27.1

27.9

27.1

27.7

1998-99

29.9

28.2

29.1

27.0

(a) 15-19 year olds looking for full-time work; 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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