Year % of total labor force 1991 42.43012989774566 1992 42.62442157515671 1993 42.61974842631282 1994 42.81395128971472 1995 42.98128085623934 1996 43.15370851044017 1997 43.39136945043467 1998 43.56475070582581 1999 43.906107844512604 2000 44.10872366517859 2001 44.49238528336241 2002 44.70233235006723 2003 44.99449684436535 2004 45.0574510488632 2005 45.315306627432264 2006 45.63010354035424 2007 45.80522758448232 2008 45.767993264863904 2009 45.92317805511995 2010 45.953732043666484 2011 46.13202377949746 2012 46.1004909777475 2013 46.281701262180256 2014 46.33238801565486 2015 46.422751994584985 2016 46.54151601347113 2017 46.587450547739216 2018 46.56615751646784 2019 46.60135999343202 2020 46.705423460829465 2021 46.71056524067944 2022 46.701454734314964 2023 46.68396849283061