Year % of female working-age population with advanced education 1996 82.17 1997 85.851 1998 86.144 1999 84.672 2000 84.615 2001 83.49 2002 85.061 2003 83.784 2004 85.445 2005 85.279 2006 85.456 2007 85.318 2008 86.09 2009 86.051 2010 85.619 2011 84.774 2012 84.097 2013 84.625 2014 84.227 2015 83.976 2016 84.294 2017 82.984 2018 82.872 2019 83.224 2020 82.834 2021 82.33 2022 81.29 2023 78.564