Year % of total labor force 1991 38.40193500302344 1992 38.979717099573136 1993 39.547952220791984 1994 40.13156991196627 1995 40.73831813907853 1996 41.362425095026175 1997 41.978293574038254 1998 42.590542253051424 1999 43.20864968000954 2000 43.739114371668336 2001 43.768680434400395 2002 43.115834638890064 2003 42.65584488783677 2004 42.164625142391046 2005 44.3141951391335 2006 43.45859334550508 2007 41.23118453097033 2008 41.930484523155386 2009 42.59465176827945 2010 45.307482827297484 2011 44.24309713575743 2012 44.39504938774974 2013 44.51952541840182 2014 44.643183300717546 2015 44.724827326057834 2016 44.770211164324 2017 44.84036488027366 2018 44.82664906627324 2019 44.9459557302441 2020 44.93180692101077 2021 45.16264401434421 2022 45.13372071133646 2023 45.19772602603101