Year % of total labor force 1991 44.534058787726735 1992 44.678175952852484 1993 44.83532300374842 1994 45.301328026047706 1995 45.40921022502482 1996 45.51430561948191 1997 45.70832179094819 1998 45.75511277774994 1999 45.816816437285915 2000 45.82222301414402 2001 45.87900717883813 2002 45.94556599514637 2003 46.10618446067196 2004 46.05078756041068 2005 46.07210439474692 2006 46.09076069732703 2007 46.16270406990642 2008 46.300486871467804 2009 46.53422979793557 2010 46.55788583818156 2011 46.470243798751255 2012 46.34083781389479 2013 46.23233698775182 2014 46.23578131463188 2015 46.1080568040867 2016 46.085523387093865 2017 46.19853468368471 2018 46.20173582590881 2019 46.275871250737445 2020 46.244218168815486 2021 46.257814651160864 2022 46.402089123326085 2023 46.572725774274815