Year % of total labor force with advanced education 1995 6.063157605864749 1996 6.115959163971617 1997 5.5594660264712354 1998 5.411028905282796 1999 4.932559562857944 2000 4.515200413019065 2001 4.220756984007431 2002 5.192167518454099 2003 5.283033766720932 2004 5.885650132436862 2005 5.296803103511021 2006 4.403463795522094 2007 4.537177090000711 2008 4.615033277486905 2009 6.07185648701677 2010 6.309082294513043 2011 6.5291613562616115 2012 6.86411777762153 2013 7.183678236632126 2014 7.055374051681177 2015 6.462214613896057 2016 6.261528408175062 2017 5.978442340424054 2018 5.735214599537707 2019 5.998695600040493 2020 6.1970358005468915 2021 6.535342513887185 2022 5.333542522185071 2023 4.96750579775014