Year % of total labor force 1991 43.583518151905196 1992 43.82310939751755 1993 44.07084317425258 1994 44.32604255358091 1995 44.593007173133245 1996 44.834732017862976 1997 45.08886081760812 1998 45.35587324946531 1999 45.63715648778693 2000 45.93206641829414 2001 46.015188935462874 2002 46.09938081955261 2003 46.18669386303552 2004 46.27465921114533 2005 46.36511546983376 2006 46.456611787577415 2007 46.54852212361564 2008 46.64106298307606 2009 46.73302634699292 2010 46.79636588613403 2011 47.11963855627487 2012 47.16176409401987 2013 47.354294199427876 2014 47.564623790460836 2015 47.6696336039417 2016 47.76206852793779 2017 47.88541336697107 2018 47.97372637556468 2019 47.87189223080267 2020 47.89718638635592 2021 48.2514957350361 2022 47.13699169885569 2023 47.35101809607033