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Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998,1997,1996,1995,1994,1989,1984
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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1984 to 2012 of Kuwait. No data until 1983. Number of actual observations by date: 21.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.

Categories, topics:

Social Protection & Labor

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
1.3
Minimum:
0.7
jan 1, 1995
Maximum:
3.6
jan 1, 2012
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1984
1.1
+1.1
0.0%
jan 1, 1989
1.9
+0.8
72.73%
jan 1, 1994
0.8
-1.1
-57.89%
jan 1, 1995
0.7
-0.1
-12.5%
jan 1, 1996
0.7
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 1997
0.7
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 1998
0.7
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 1999
0.7
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 2000
0.7
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 2001
0.8
+0.1
14.29%
jan 1, 2002
0.8
0.0
0.0%
jan 1, 2003
1.1
+0.3
37.5%
jan 1, 2004
1.3
+0.2
18.18%
jan 1, 2005
1.7
+0.4
30.77%
jan 1, 2006
2.0
+0.3
17.65%
jan 1, 2007
1.3
-0.7
-35.0%
jan 1, 2008
1.5
+0.2
15.38%
jan 1, 2009
1.8
+0.3
20.0%
jan 1, 2010
1.6
-0.2
-11.11%
jan 1, 2011
1.8
+0.2
12.5%
jan 1, 2012
3.6
+1.8
100.0%

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