Year % of total labor force 1991 41.658085963931626 1992 41.82877949229933 1993 41.670220431451554 1994 41.624425148028976 1995 41.82471726233963 1996 42.34713089824175 1997 42.67149154927555 1998 42.75878746497106 1999 43.168606696975246 2000 43.17993976325559 2001 43.767924112067064 2002 44.908442781821385 2003 45.269448269408166 2004 45.29355583264797 2005 44.89777110733705 2006 44.6110061903263 2007 44.15458937198068 2008 44.357016122811075 2009 44.95055021590751 2010 45.00434295497174 2011 44.20558625387934 2012 44.41919445560466 2013 44.452756789107504 2014 44.455590231337 2015 44.448260634905054 2016 44.63906130431086 2017 44.71303466743866 2018 44.69766718878911 2019 44.745726571662104 2020 44.620807087317374 2021 44.74012816888135 2022 44.48337479415578 2023 44.549449784900105