Year % of total labor force 1991 39.61065859994007 1992 40.527112092520845 1993 40.8409209208216 1994 41.31962799671754 1995 41.62082583681504 1996 42.10548993329395 1997 42.37495580065503 1998 42.53493354337958 1999 43.27338302022441 2000 43.422790659223196 2001 43.74160306945979 2002 43.87366513406289 2003 44.42099587515695 2004 44.673248220525366 2005 44.645377835680186 2006 44.94646402856349 2007 45.26229030090156 2008 45.45288276987987 2009 45.70621507609389 2010 46.04819932728796 2011 46.2904510387937 2012 46.354336254793026 2013 46.33639862594723 2014 46.090413509048005 2015 46.341816023021174 2016 46.429650065229154 2017 46.55130803527973 2018 46.57244829725353 2019 46.739819021971584 2020 46.94934843057359 2021 47.24198554878535 2022 47.30982262411911 2023 47.239064088300985