Year % of total labor force 1991 37.44978838392614 1992 37.356897414155846 1993 37.91369208483277 1994 38.448057278662 1995 39.568887503711956 1996 40.71481813540513 1997 41.80988978426503 1998 41.68672827521938 1999 42.85286784245695 2000 41.21908117041251 2001 43.09771638880445 2002 43.434365752601515 2003 43.75239189108093 2004 44.05551340644413 2005 44.344723893480854 2006 44.667422911799186 2007 45.06733383152684 2008 45.222947158183345 2009 45.33321866512765 2010 45.98664540562089 2011 45.905306462209424 2012 45.91248004049315 2013 45.87110920369677 2014 45.804310150231046 2015 45.42760005994378 2016 45.78182238709046 2017 45.91582549021674 2018 46.111415698342725 2019 46.12842028834847 2020 44.286534721139546 2021 45.97589926078402 2022 46.507437303924235 2023 46.289474017961155