Year % of total labor force 1991 43.68091657581989 1992 43.79054362590005 1993 43.756975843527194 1994 44.10203091581116 1995 44.26630961977238 1996 44.73049817791568 1997 44.767162368115 1998 45.03891432257376 1999 45.31154340857719 2000 45.37871506689745 2001 45.70957028897416 2002 45.759380157099606 2003 46.138679282938455 2004 46.109671201601884 2005 46.37317433021943 2006 46.43775192300672 2007 46.645451913714 2008 46.9050894085282 2009 47.1213909830052 2010 47.16952749532265 2011 47.29474487386206 2012 47.58583688733177 2013 47.638731934864275 2014 47.608161154311595 2015 47.467144186927094 2016 47.47252572615175 2017 47.40614411697297 2018 47.458832277741536 2019 47.55583844911603 2020 47.20094442875849 2021 47.484250048811305 2022 47.67130851054148 2023 47.614582467599135