Year % of total labor force 1991 46.30350740830082 1992 46.48921074521701 1993 46.69577860445368 1994 46.92177800454341 1995 47.16561889013064 1996 47.35729162489769 1997 47.54743990363633 1998 47.73307236113523 1999 47.91654328861353 2000 47.76986212991002 2001 47.60791146285283 2002 47.43533712558358 2003 47.25874937724819 2004 47.080068715087656 2005 46.904774035767055 2006 46.74104849078054 2007 46.49627792716684 2008 46.22694015746205 2009 45.99608120447988 2010 45.73546404141246 2011 45.459533417940094 2012 45.17077508887474 2013 44.88301750272478 2014 44.94159657538667 2015 45.045098491344085 2016 45.075310720234704 2017 45.13955684723419 2018 45.22011180861766 2019 45.30173394500267 2020 45.29561802623881 2021 45.52726305928685 2022 45.03407600778303 2023 45.142700629964395