Year % of total labor force 1991 47.164435873132405 1992 47.33990746749017 1993 47.65336813661323 1994 47.890427854347855 1995 48.05188455340536 1996 48.17181202184 1997 48.306641549839284 1998 48.43992149732192 1999 48.57550923155352 2000 48.713174221225046 2001 48.83785987904562 2002 48.957697498474 2003 49.08328692488003 2004 49.19921278902114 2005 49.31673222869549 2006 49.443005498289 2007 49.58180487291869 2008 49.75201826581888 2009 49.865990986347576 2010 50.01318282936475 2011 50.16680925927328 2012 50.31755471802496 2013 50.43641793655852 2014 50.56247249363387 2015 50.68440624857613 2016 50.773479066482764 2017 50.94096480665243 2018 51.086220690504035 2019 51.94557070545594 2020 52.7400427562204 2021 52.755634771884964 2022 52.029966785618456 2023 52.034456964204836