Year % of total labor force with advanced education 1994 9.72678772471114 1995 9.377713627091847 1996 9.175173157046817 1997 8.533915433972258 1998 8.260108390941763 1999 7.29328920985001 2000 6.430135065046046 2001 5.3550472341808675 2002 5.609026740685165 2003 5.733526034631305 2004 5.839085391449302 2005 5.823941737972131 2006 5.179992860663891 2007 4.735935519847833 2008 4.717770762002641 2009 6.26852608282359 2010 7.172806645907193 2011 7.9502739144427546 2012 9.488754352719296 2013 10.448681412006461 2014 9.630847993865961 2015 8.858645195415702 2016 7.899093501052087 2017 7.069117922992037 2018 6.339021975381763 2019 5.988840056507905 2020 6.307174973702476 2021 6.027134941960285 2022 5.098311084736705 2023 4.894867813010162