Year % of total labor force 1991 48.23010665558192 1992 48.11581523121642 1993 48.048027133095026 1994 48.005329644310365 1995 47.96958014952847 1996 47.93142742213863 1997 47.88716072288092 1998 47.84185191484603 1999 49.27931360430451 2000 49.885871414732016 2001 49.62566220574715 2002 49.24425327541586 2003 50.1100151677187 2004 49.47523522796155 2005 49.58901574706352 2006 49.98871350617095 2007 49.73270585914355 2008 49.809956861373436 2009 50.61427213214166 2010 50.76622000824849 2011 50.39687562397837 2012 50.47810036874346 2013 49.88749039614738 2014 49.83858237524491 2015 50.02705644322071 2016 50.014135487803145 2017 49.855910936465996 2018 49.616680222335695 2019 49.79217953077185 2020 49.42193091844546 2021 49.63958944121718 2022 49.74530336997178 2023 49.42149975559126