Year % of total labor force 1991 17.821139041191813 1992 18.127911898361297 1993 18.05931733990505 1994 18.38938944002478 1995 18.37111602418911 1996 18.384166306783477 1997 18.4603230010708 1998 18.588235386063293 1999 19.05929981213971 2000 19.40237403792817 2001 19.683850242433092 2002 19.50914310725199 2003 19.861142104905316 2004 20.17898760482175 2005 20.51511185505992 2006 20.578583000811552 2007 20.773561203543025 2008 20.096675062965677 2009 20.341380349534898 2010 20.20106251038068 2011 20.05154305834629 2012 20.303583368575172 2013 20.149787738115897 2014 20.1913209746234 2015 20.67353271678862 2016 21.132876496790484 2017 20.862212511714162 2018 20.204810593730937 2019 19.7605690663389 2020 19.390072976453165 2021 19.66781466347151 2022 19.5685761218323 2023 19.86342107701675