Year % of total labor force 1991 14.727859393883888 1992 14.305783685178596 1993 14.001219149945587 1994 14.119712129190804 1995 14.571145232247801 1996 15.010291341254586 1997 15.436487699071055 1998 15.87527682578177 1999 16.3096419061542 2000 16.65602782241201 2001 17.008367523407358 2002 17.420362653346615 2003 17.84150610470834 2004 17.92627649939769 2005 17.886907211490772 2006 17.82552540312344 2007 17.747871884080986 2008 17.663933287004866 2009 17.582377629570907 2010 16.560469986168087 2011 15.029716615085842 2012 13.89805335961158 2013 13.319221907987849 2014 13.334090338787979 2015 13.42517859292142 2016 13.34036288463491 2017 13.324653946996504 2018 13.665986080078074 2019 14.293978588899495 2020 15.192211279055803 2021 16.050223264030066 2022 16.33933392981058 2023 16.745451978096433