Year % of total labor force with advanced education 1995 8.103715809572336 1996 7.943244557058175 1997 7.404891071124493 1998 7.178669015652017 1999 6.46320878382104 2000 6.007075529353856 2001 5.389200998966192 2002 5.688586916906967 2003 5.816700609748046 2004 5.8612725454940735 2005 5.832488011710712 2006 5.132965333804142 2007 4.50456090810936 2008 4.418927142003154 2009 5.883711966073755 2010 6.692844348799033 2011 7.32946351343614 2012 8.662734632603883 2013 9.504480441887114 2014 8.772281326000975 2015 8.043114783828429 2016 7.207568226215863 2017 6.466830545664494 2018 5.82513488380603 2019 5.5126024106566405 2020 5.804352089071795 2021 5.513726124157317 2022 4.641004898050727 2023 4.4716232745706606