Year % of total labor force 1991 45.94655805927071 1992 45.80351632306916 1993 45.7247102589784 1994 45.556019326346906 1995 45.331080677529954 1996 45.113317716242484 1997 44.92034165453704 1998 44.72207895715499 1999 44.518732089493376 2000 44.31851814594426 2001 44.11978544611248 2002 43.91314495372116 2003 43.695687430424016 2004 43.47606213294251 2005 43.26750313033845 2006 43.06874297563698 2007 42.875505459836226 2008 42.67615363731422 2009 42.47409641026821 2010 42.27161714000417 2011 42.07053518968446 2012 41.86818646778237 2013 41.66773315706943 2014 41.469113413774835 2015 41.27501812331237 2016 41.07688970403161 2017 40.873015285195194 2018 40.67218198066402 2019 40.77722841804688 2020 40.76979657586488 2021 40.845805261318674 2022 40.43308766174074 2023 40.46829723639013