Year % of total labor force 1991 39.79494745209436 1992 40.445142821719166 1993 41.07166949242937 1994 41.202712699069416 1995 41.41504598020098 1996 41.53000227807008 1997 41.886064524641455 1998 42.27246899023812 1999 42.89759580599094 2000 43.04870910953748 2001 42.42142119481538 2002 42.87417099900276 2003 43.10862803123193 2004 43.81893777284473 2005 44.15558114146238 2006 44.41907694386872 2007 44.69517285831379 2008 44.96479535843385 2009 45.15563515732989 2010 45.360511079484795 2011 45.42089247413252 2012 45.413735133277186 2013 45.75804355054866 2014 46.065316094274145 2015 46.127953820719384 2016 46.03485921179256 2017 46.2910979035965 2018 46.701073936036614 2019 46.77515519101803 2020 46.74896674941961 2021 46.80343758175303 2022 46.986334786110866 2023 46.85001326397407