HC Deb 02 February 1981 vol 998 c9W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current unemployment percentages in the United Kingdom and all other members

Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg
1970 0.7 1.6 5.4 1.3 2.3 0.0
1971 1.0 1.9 5.2 2.3 2.6 0.0
1972 1.1 2.0 5.2 2.7 3.0 0.0
1973 1.8 2.2 4.8 2.8 3.1 0.0
1974 3.6 3.4 4.9 3.8 4.1 0.1
1975 4.7 4.7 5.5 4.8 6.5 0.4
1976 4.3 4.8 5.7 4.6 7.3 0.5
1977 4.3 5.2 6.9 4.6 8.4 0.9
1978 3.9 6.0 7.6 4.4 8.7 0.8
1979 3.3 6.5 7.8 4.2 9.1 0.8
1980 4.3 7.3 8.3 6.3 10.6 0.9
United Kingdom Ireland Denmark Greece Norway
1970 2.6 5.7 1.7 1.1
1971 3.7 6.8 2.2 1.1
1972 3.1 6.7 1.3 1.4
1973 2.0 6.1 1.5 0.9
1974 2.7 7.5 4.8 0.8
1975 4.7 9.9 5.7 2.0
1976 5.3 10.2 5.8 1.2
1977 5.7 9.7 6.6 1.0
1978 5.2 8.8 7.2 1.6
1979 5.2 7.8 5.5 3.2 1.3
1980 8.6 10.8 8.6 3.7 ✶l.3
November 1980

Source: Statistical office of the European Communities for EC member States except for Greece.

OECD Main Economic Indicators for Norway and Greece.

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