Year % of working-age population 1960 9.138526516112092 1961 9.049270279067605 1962 8.969983678243185 1963 8.905491429969565 1964 8.847730569512477 1965 8.794020611578707 1966 8.772612040561722 1967 8.789559981617218 1968 8.816116373721195 1969 8.822917855053051 1970 8.807222229161946 1971 8.761905584664095 1972 8.68101950828434 1973 8.584720447316545 1974 8.500630915317316 1975 8.4286004904923 1976 8.367195461919058 1977 8.324552233995746 1978 8.279419390040973 1979 8.18927246060105 1980 8.047894351592822 1981 7.861241655137191 1982 7.6274971382592 1983 7.379209727999108 1984 7.1575060482743 1985 6.974971756131228 1986 6.824465628287701 1987 6.706745881402718 1988 6.625894168556284 1989 6.582186971322926 1990 6.582343371370507 1991 6.631516328351675 1992 6.712738759416864 1993 6.809405909973722 1994 6.9064190405951 1995 6.981189659524925 1996 7.038095160020987 1997 7.0602702169077975 1998 7.032918757750699 1999 6.989993009470731 2000 6.95603495602153 2001 6.939880637913717 2002 6.940541563228794 2003 6.954934022275048 2004 6.956326220687058 2005 6.912963621475433 2006 6.819411670071809 2007 6.664680796720276 2008 6.450679920032519 2009 6.221194623192936 2010 6.030377880120571 2011 5.912842072097735 2012 5.8743830285257355 2013 5.906549775339606 2014 5.994013444265424 2015 6.131145277368577 2016 6.317841655034089 2017 6.541574544811556 2018 6.789443907739377 2019 7.065260905463712 2020 7.362479149504608 2021 7.694267572533942 2022 8.076879815327603 2023 8.492659954413249