Year % of total labor force 1991 10.426480625760002 1992 10.35030425770558 1993 10.653759255431732 1994 10.985006287060498 1995 11.33383905344852 1996 11.712218895210977 1997 12.089271760650819 1998 12.465293533067124 1999 12.817287899606008 2000 12.256896756542279 2001 12.115163311116332 2002 12.151030177420354 2003 12.5399958253738 2004 13.008444001564905 2005 13.566974000044866 2006 14.160822456095701 2007 13.992173298724392 2008 13.911909599311088 2009 13.761675583442145 2010 14.4847037683626 2011 15.183646830501441 2012 15.340261089684013 2013 15.035748657847481 2014 15.194083953819668 2015 15.797721517311066 2016 16.133046154515835 2017 14.295365949089584 2018 15.449011602923695 2019 16.576962649777467 2020 19.46642055863955 2021 22.410678384031517 2022 22.378098758270077 2023 22.601371473303324