Year % of total labor force 1991 46.326754085294404 1992 46.18344394828717 1993 46.03823290393843 1994 45.88382988775627 1995 45.719472178857124 1996 45.547773622186156 1997 45.36988470136805 1998 45.182652034679236 1999 44.90881709174787 2000 44.605971226677994 2001 44.304835236004955 2002 44.2077141000429 2003 44.11918813779486 2004 44.152647993208845 2005 44.13741303298021 2006 44.12011434807751 2007 44.10009391866563 2008 44.07750736715776 2009 44.03086182526397 2010 44.04664771088309 2011 44.03769809250234 2012 44.38834129527726 2013 44.30502227709816 2014 44.203707722657484 2015 45.33278935698448 2016 45.039168383581796 2017 45.25815698936261 2018 45.16499785582111 2019 45.32793449311574 2020 45.06353793941829 2021 45.54600089171 2022 45.05536459264017 2023 45.490690495031984