Year % of total labor force 1991 42.66823199430898 1992 42.787603754311895 1993 42.88200616623212 1994 43.15457012995262 1995 43.287576762797045 1996 43.448288558854195 1997 43.624536485333664 1998 43.696717339773656 1999 43.87344689104844 2000 44.01959712147134 2001 44.155438882053645 2002 44.30279886252948 2003 44.46205354494413 2004 44.6062164453033 2005 44.75156585276151 2006 44.890072101429745 2007 44.953914700619194 2008 45.086669661732955 2009 45.2931182904335 2010 45.364825248259336 2011 45.40352271401292 2012 45.43991516847659 2013 45.51565405468401 2014 45.59433715269755 2015 45.59297245053885 2016 45.66489334787678 2017 45.77622376393515 2018 45.83884634397464 2019 45.96911415990205 2020 45.96872256224319 2021 46.12557336196933 2022 46.15554318525987 2023 46.27381387328025