Year % of total labor force 1991 40.98132373948468 1992 41.23914662331984 1993 41.310314721478406 1994 41.402455614279845 1995 41.45451675550963 1996 41.54780076275507 1997 41.81127417465251 1998 41.87396419697118 1999 41.88236023820527 2000 41.90655578638716 2001 41.885791680024056 2002 41.85129152673757 2003 42.035391053923746 2004 42.221661969126586 2005 42.41814815253481 2006 42.636838488302416 2007 42.8841946962155 2008 43.15763682127663 2009 42.07159175036301 2010 42.66484608331923 2011 44.060236131742414 2012 43.079638291707276 2013 41.853022134631985 2014 41.19511826193566 2015 42.50292163446436 2016 43.57696468924677 2017 42.874308711344284 2018 43.39270421437942 2019 43.942236030045976 2020 43.83834565453374 2021 44.31028483839723 2022 44.14922466550221 2023 44.255748718684046