Year % of total labor force 1991 44.84455738743817 1992 44.84228358953708 1993 44.78590007981056 1994 44.774687375853546 1995 44.75778189976999 1996 44.741790026282835 1997 44.6833634760049 1998 44.694205096763866 1999 44.646511877507834 2000 44.59978483975874 2001 44.41497672628431 2002 44.249100854237035 2003 44.1525356162534 2004 43.96885346170761 2005 43.90027437556679 2006 43.79961366634826 2007 43.87460837210946 2008 43.789622541760494 2009 43.70482655520306 2010 43.623789345591064 2011 43.65980304892351 2012 43.69417930010609 2013 43.71436524302911 2014 43.767600556943584 2015 43.82671235905099 2016 43.88362199076878 2017 43.95728543592515 2018 44.063200741604945 2019 44.1634643683609 2020 44.079637407824094 2021 44.371488398955144 2022 44.18036466056326 2023 44.15132270988028