Year % of total labor force (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.710274777878779 1992 7.807974205562133 1993 7.800477302657563 1994 7.68472524433701 1995 7.478108150581529 1996 7.404866751130177 1997 7.375615628991799 1998 7.412500022248659 1999 7.4602287511264835 2000 7.4093515724546455 2001 7.308110373526736 2002 7.2707956743422475 2003 7.231053997209214 2004 7.0454822599728795 2005 6.875290242419969 2006 6.822586012545642 2007 6.771575027288034 2008 6.751110161267296 2009 6.858484509928545 2010 7.273430495845571 2011 7.148931361332646 2012 6.9479866232577825 2013 6.830908035102959 2014 6.790810120951285 2015 6.88031174359159 2016 7.02762996710982 2017 7.1230320276192645 2018 7.068440099546072 2019 7.244669879697249 2020 7.661161099483159 2021 7.964493093555416 2022 7.448221786240204 2023 7.472824112164935