Annual percentage of 25-54 year-olds employed 1948-2018

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Year	Annual		Year	Annual		Year	Annual
1948	62.98		1972	69.51		1996	80.21
1949	62.08		1973	70.49		1997	80.86
1950	62.84		1974	70.82		1998	81.11
1951	64.41		1975	69.34		1999	81.43
1952	65.03		1976	70.61		2000	81.46
1953	65.32		1977	71.88		2001	80.55
1954	63.86		1978	73.62		2002	79.33
1955	65.23		1979	74.59		2003	78.83
1956	65.90		1980	74.34		2004	78.97
1957	65.96		1981	74.65		2005	79.33
1958	64.62		1982	73.51		2006	79.83
1959	65.64		1983	73.70		2007	79.90
1960	65.83		1984	75.83		2008	79.09
1961	65.29		1985	76.70		2009	75.78
1962	65.98		1986	77.31		2010	75.08
1963	66.44		1987	78.36		2011	75.13
1964	66.97		1988	79.18		2012	75.74
1965	67.65		1989	79.93		2013	75.89
1966	68.46		1990	79.68		2014	76.70
1967	68.98		1991	78.64		2015	77.24
1968	69.46		1992	78.32		2016	77.92
1969	69.95		1993	78.54		2017	78.63
1970	69.61		1994	79.23		2018	79.38
1971	69.02		1995	79.74