Year % of total labor force 1991 49.28779952914788 1992 49.08282331712412 1993 48.84371291038076 1994 48.57080666429142 1995 48.268449948051135 1996 47.955780412573766 1997 47.61583112631254 1998 47.195479159838065 1999 46.70913559752597 2000 46.20144408078485 2001 45.667103040231694 2002 45.10360926488504 2003 44.522065642214834 2004 43.92672321148091 2005 43.329345283950495 2006 42.74295983870097 2007 42.89225988206896 2008 43.10659410032665 2009 43.35862239800814 2010 43.639872570993674 2011 43.94674636695192 2012 44.26812801402893 2013 44.624705891762524 2014 45.0156383535655 2015 45.0234305230672 2016 45.0229789655702 2017 45.02663693063183 2018 45.051295317654336 2019 45.09507149557251 2020 45.061732222517605 2021 45.19708276949545 2022 45.06986390821447 2023 45.02294378315522