Year % of total labor force 1991 15.635824570477402 1992 15.697530733436427 1993 15.915246028010287 1994 16.070685521422956 1995 16.254013534084656 1996 16.39488228193376 1997 16.029137351100886 1998 15.845845591248342 1999 15.79696029595582 2000 15.694669164076313 2001 15.807896881669265 2002 15.851730801770431 2003 16.02222838976636 2004 16.11354208103654 2005 15.62959324747144 2006 13.740673076508441 2007 12.135712898169022 2008 11.05958439295536 2009 10.947588389340538 2010 11.910397268583077 2011 12.888874953059897 2012 13.40458408447077 2013 13.611906598377828 2014 13.540825435252755 2015 13.41842396114504 2016 13.51099204626662 2017 13.972555331952611 2018 14.632638562995975 2019 15.513082877388493 2020 15.981838874967638 2021 16.223536531717862 2022 16.874950274484842 2023 17.12088180972638