Year % of total labor force 1991 44.630308591587315 1992 44.79851886758692 1993 44.9407894944767 1994 44.97039295795934 1995 45.185972677670435 1996 45.28101584821548 1997 45.38365101942094 1998 45.663614386768884 1999 45.78036414558143 2000 45.9672506531701 2001 46.10574244380937 2002 46.31012674729021 2003 46.561012023296996 2004 46.672472979398364 2005 46.65246381947115 2006 46.89968255953755 2007 47.07876830815362 2008 47.031668984662225 2009 47.26387918783017 2010 47.371883992812386 2011 47.31138924016701 2012 47.39941448981362 2013 47.433218888530476 2014 47.26862717415641 2015 47.10507934434634 2016 47.23436442629671 2017 47.339442837558316 2018 47.42561569440586 2019 47.29842839214835 2020 47.01481982321316 2021 47.118857890452574 2022 47.41897408727343 2023 47.4301883998592