Year % of total labor force 1991 40.712601302789025 1992 40.950996020275205 1993 41.13275266982101 1994 41.45914028850226 1995 41.74666860188513 1996 41.979146029158315 1997 42.157632688304645 1998 42.38416926082305 1999 42.732996154993025 2000 42.984683911581385 2001 43.10372347093387 2002 43.38003363007758 2003 43.715991620015416 2004 43.95195060670393 2005 44.21162896581055 2006 44.457634693670585 2007 44.642719974097005 2008 44.84610469417776 2009 45.163824959473416 2010 45.365589708859844 2011 45.557143343438284 2012 45.76488100725447 2013 45.92818885432098 2014 46.06257246639844 2015 46.10335356107601 2016 46.21525496667641 2017 46.257739800484664 2018 46.29128679021131 2019 46.408825359887665 2020 46.41739194934123 2021 46.66634021949112 2022 46.71693043930637 2023 46.74577387866271