Year % of female working-age population with advanced education 1997 79.846 1998 81.834 1999 80.888 2000 79.037 2001 76.583 2002 76.551 2003 76.016 2004 80.288 2005 80.359 2006 82.693 2007 81.719 2008 81.161 2009 81.364 2010 80.698 2011 80.078 2012 79.295 2013 79.12 2014 78.906 2015 80.674 2016 79.998 2017 81.708 2018 81.477 2019 81.618 2020 81.151 2021 80.899 2022 82.046 2023 81.417