Year % of total labor force 1991 43.93367408853363 1992 44.22736096243548 1993 44.693100966745355 1994 44.958208239980394 1995 45.23539486123535 1996 45.34034706508493 1997 45.31360558720627 1998 45.61386632549498 1999 45.7019157490868 2000 45.9115714494076 2001 45.89665070948294 2002 45.920943770756224 2003 46.50421579869153 2004 46.471064658044256 2005 46.93730070840144 2006 47.06209848691942 2007 47.31460178241565 2008 47.42269047262706 2009 47.59493569757051 2010 47.68900374287499 2011 47.78916719812168 2012 47.82058996352359 2013 47.88784062486864 2014 48.088380604835585 2015 48.12569922995466 2016 48.221758605175935 2017 48.17567574203217 2018 48.30249758514832 2019 48.44236938489398 2020 48.49618490197575 2021 48.82875356162687 2022 48.85391642168983 2023 49.02900731515102