Year % of total labor force 1991 45.38870297673584 1992 45.52106521559898 1993 45.65953633847708 1994 45.95197777246364 1995 46.03989368535547 1996 45.92887159094114 1997 45.78369541996786 1998 45.76913184359113 1999 45.73185385003516 2000 45.6624582334331 2001 45.588359347467794 2002 45.61134012762961 2003 45.53729282450697 2004 45.44063458016734 2005 45.42403246090691 2006 45.356733020895206 2007 45.19907560403677 2008 45.047412477823315 2009 44.98998151569765 2010 44.975454888899606 2011 44.599933862235936 2012 43.93173188787581 2013 43.19620874148387 2014 43.744169615154746 2015 43.60893139951337 2016 43.18089196535572 2017 41.93545053417397 2018 42.175726424984624 2019 41.86595361401794 2020 42.59730228433294 2021 42.053171098631935 2022 42.21501913172944 2023 42.25830692644699