Year % of total labor force 1991 43.24723547463889 1992 43.63768213714546 1993 44.16126924410098 1994 44.49682308090554 1995 44.65863643064356 1996 44.83517985113986 1997 44.859532265718805 1998 44.91106354856578 1999 45.199899830117296 2000 45.41267835602867 2001 45.55431348888156 2002 45.68003874628105 2003 46.34048866982402 2004 46.326209289442225 2005 46.956159102445724 2006 47.04356102443268 2007 47.31539828407236 2008 47.388035166289846 2009 47.81638883222102 2010 48.15995600581612 2011 47.718759981564844 2012 48.13322513495395 2013 48.43223954462412 2014 48.6134671664063 2015 48.81261826209888 2016 48.745382282345325 2017 48.882002704858394 2018 49.18190454026957 2019 49.37367711374001 2020 49.35891318843932 2021 49.73994815530599 2022 49.84338005276116 2023 49.871069692492036