Year % of total labor force 1991 43.67291209986727 1992 43.67098696689374 1993 43.658912992758545 1994 43.64396071615279 1995 43.63480939121602 1996 43.6392828956829 1997 43.66424406813744 1998 43.69915485164631 1999 43.72952700818023 2000 43.76645018655722 2001 43.79323869126404 2002 43.81218697418687 2003 43.79944301700481 2004 43.784634235453474 2005 43.75099986663516 2006 43.73523801817903 2007 44.27450880089841 2008 44.357111127418165 2009 44.27283434976741 2010 44.00726526832484 2011 43.76114459633637 2012 43.75964675582698 2013 43.99271662114555 2014 44.25756035546093 2015 44.19894453784943 2016 44.705694385871695 2017 44.96301641156332 2018 44.85997571166115 2019 45.08525080147061 2020 45.036727184267846 2021 45.36293664437252 2022 45.67891168483619 2023 45.52496709093462