Question

Suppose the current unemployment rate is 5%, the labor force is 400 million people, the labor force participation rate is 80% and the working-age population is 500 million people. How many million people are unemployed?

Answer 1

Answer:

20,000,000= unemployed people

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Suppose the current unemployment rate is 5%, the labor force is 400 million people, the labor force participation rate is 80% and the working-age population is 500 million people.

The unemployment rate is the number of people of working age, disposed to work and looking for a job.

Labor force rate= unemployed people/ labor force

0.05= unemployed people/ 400,000,000

400,000,000*0.05= unemployed people

20,000,000= unemployed people