Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 42.7934450959535 1992 43.49824634719223 1993 44.279021672048074 1994 44.97441778064679 1995 45.77576221554375 1996 45.58008648935795 1997 46.68388883689189 1998 47.14753906524401 1999 47.37880004074545 2000 47.50684677520163 2001 48.03800127067893 2002 48.4454132907628 2003 48.93164511452957 2004 49.81066710812991 2005 50.469723073499125 2006 50.837565215563664 2007 50.84639526224291 2008 50.79837382593601 2009 51.384452888133325 2010 50.83239842853002 2011 50.42319181202904 2012 50.97860809457378 2013 50.79707789645063 2014 50.557498190611135 2015 50.81912482640932 2016 50.99942346948657 2017 51.27921943528926 2018 51.65595713218797 2019 52.06574450358909 2020 48.00456952629336 2021 50.284052842714246 2022 51.16446355771203 2023 51.35271285572984