Year % of female labor force (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 2.971 1992 3.076 1993 3.153 1994 3.13 1995 3.028 1996 2.957 1997 2.998 1998 3.021 1999 3.057 2000 3.056 2001 3.048 2002 3.084 2003 3.041 2004 3.017 2005 2.919 2006 2.858 2007 2.829 2008 2.933 2009 2.995 2010 2.975 2011 2.887 2012 2.867 2013 2.946 2014 2.95 2015 2.945 2016 2.939 2017 3.743 2018 4.506 2019 5.257 2020 6.61 2021 7.522 2022 7.73 2023 7.568