Year % of total labor force 1991 47.41855610279057 1992 47.3812540766682 1993 47.46010808890526 1994 47.561195871943966 1995 47.66535139945389 1996 47.72730371936045 1997 48.5963531474251 1998 48.41157731265469 1999 47.881696274218115 2000 48.331498812581344 2001 49.12029575399969 2002 49.04116040060685 2003 49.25059094570383 2004 48.879341496232996 2005 48.85577439668437 2006 48.872004185916744 2007 48.75193944961387 2008 49.42528735632184 2009 50.14202092016534 2010 50.59911677328848 2011 50.08114031904548 2012 50.22045325381309 2013 50.1563364489642 2014 49.68638179762735 2015 49.62026168772143 2016 50.06936069653475 2017 49.83849331115221 2018 49.84548754652619 2019 49.84588438497353 2020 49.721976360151125 2021 49.32399314848741 2022 49.62268840569995 2023 49.44436089994814