Year % of total labor force 1991 44.793477071385844 1992 44.78991051379605 1993 44.73178309654132 1994 44.720159223935035 1995 44.70224350964378 1996 44.68569577260665 1997 44.62519027962367 1998 44.63664159043302 1999 44.59073846011157 2000 44.54423624494152 2001 44.35856209276538 2002 44.19129982637001 2003 44.09433306797512 2004 43.909071977670514 2005 43.84081998664829 2006 43.73871436971271 2007 43.8146327122134 2008 43.72939689639734 2009 43.64318608100354 2010 43.56100516302355 2011 43.59837817056155 2012 43.63402927741877 2013 43.655147022595564 2014 43.709995581984984 2015 43.770245773954066 2016 43.82967518787849 2017 43.90392946612347 2018 44.010833146857465 2019 44.113389943215225 2020 44.03071900668702 2021 44.325787904099194 2022 44.13321556005844 2023 44.104249510271