Year % of total labor force 1991 35.50070760707849 1992 37.44228485357588 1993 36.53675974010852 1994 37.357044039658746 1995 36.27464301960808 1996 37.376434925788224 1997 38.31154696575664 1998 38.530187581547985 1999 39.87599461512362 2000 39.59245706660171 2001 40.3239791282677 2002 40.65453334477034 2003 41.1939982987462 2004 42.12722551928783 2005 42.50212555751355 2006 42.87110465765665 2007 43.24556121238663 2008 43.5973461980899 2009 43.509264670638544 2010 43.66469711376763 2011 44.06168790364103 2012 44.47129231923111 2013 44.41738066552029 2014 44.633608993642206 2015 45.57656551482196 2016 45.461043851818786 2017 46.34078871909051 2018 46.52751858036211 2019 45.923469856319926 2020 46.744048118096764 2021 46.78341340166898 2022 46.937980262555826 2023 46.144249977976884