Year % of total labor force 1991 46.02050014022854 1992 46.000638942147255 1993 45.96878949776737 1994 45.936627048688266 1995 45.7983257550305 1996 45.61818111619814 1997 45.75798651022365 1998 45.82098027178925 1999 45.99153403499775 2000 46.13907109996035 2001 46.18021871486732 2002 45.89222985899962 2003 45.78277532140256 2004 45.621246213900214 2005 45.44917008846446 2006 45.38160902700026 2007 45.207086717363374 2008 45.10699265023129 2009 45.169600714116854 2010 45.1596748365368 2011 45.19309615866324 2012 45.25399239704426 2013 45.21368530769882 2014 45.23497561638597 2015 45.15336863823842 2016 45.09462185777354 2017 45.12559171807799 2018 45.092252426194804 2019 44.96008788648566 2020 44.81392085768123 2021 45.20881787325605 2022 45.54353751115554 2023 45.473251790842056