Year % of total labor force 1991 44.45895210721584 1992 44.420687837591935 1993 44.380750302065834 1994 44.401312315752065 1995 44.22916408572844 1996 43.95978848632357 1997 44.03937852447352 1998 44.172176687090115 1999 44.30083139729374 2000 44.29836886420395 2001 44.250922962562086 2002 44.07768158236309 2003 44.158527862517715 2004 44.06789012969992 2005 43.97195222206103 2006 43.92790737277511 2007 43.56808821964867 2008 43.34598856328443 2009 43.36694892550863 2010 43.31262584332923 2011 43.54884569719131 2012 43.75730494129497 2013 44.043720855151896 2014 43.96368513126575 2015 44.1899583386697 2016 44.32194589910429 2017 44.43686313521237 2018 44.57921867932186 2019 44.53089910904189 2020 44.29768652568084 2021 44.40546301490874 2022 44.55757971464153 2023 44.10426142853846