Year % of total labor force 1991 43.6613295500608 1992 43.71271063265071 1993 43.81177976032149 1994 44.1231285445958 1995 44.51248320562224 1996 44.66711359831361 1997 45.030422414969436 1998 45.48061603823685 1999 45.85381082823075 2000 46.20159787126137 2001 46.4457243327451 2002 46.626612385918335 2003 46.75736663791271 2004 46.86879079782761 2005 46.99061963914202 2006 47.13291926959638 2007 47.27654481576845 2008 47.305118705025414 2009 47.19914154377112 2010 47.0846632746579 2011 46.99625796927146 2012 46.960046159328876 2013 46.94386612719488 2014 46.90844712245312 2015 46.83677535485112 2016 46.96886828134736 2017 47.01412034982098 2018 47.024612899454816 2019 47.077958702900666 2020 46.99714684002762 2021 47.37103123881589 2022 47.05578745346035 2023 47.2277491693122