Year % of total labor force 1991 45.8074552717318 1992 45.460750378845376 1993 45.26075589700369 1994 45.00770634434811 1995 44.781208916533295 1996 44.58209248751113 1997 44.42037172934997 1998 44.25292515662523 1999 43.895784497288865 2000 43.44291658000891 2001 43.08469469880342 2002 42.71502768632367 2003 42.30180973984304 2004 41.91539613271804 2005 41.54776211101734 2006 41.21243459005946 2007 40.92377074584406 2008 40.67062837371078 2009 40.43160414658449 2010 40.25377627357814 2011 40.16592818543987 2012 40.05636028176453 2013 39.938109445540924 2014 39.83979243199317 2015 39.76543218206506 2016 39.35720745405122 2017 38.94298851771813 2018 39.37523149185497 2019 38.79646105665028 2020 37.71906674162117 2021 37.73766559602508 2022 37.762451246656184 2023 37.97585123519773