In 2014,the Italian adult non-institutionalized population was 38.8 million,the labor force was 25.4 million,and the number of people employed was 22 million.According to these numbers,the Italian labor-force participation rate and unemployment rate were about

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The labor-force participation rate is the percentage of the adult non-institutionalized population that is in the labor force. In this case, the labor-force participation rate is 25.4 million / 38.8 million * 100 = 65.5%. The unemployment rate is the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed. In this case, the unemployment rate is (25.4 million - 22 million) / 25.4 million * 100 = 13.4%.

In 2014,the Italian Adult Non-Institutionalized Population Was 38