Year % of females ages 15 and above 1981 29.5116004943848 1982 29.8332996368408 1983 30.241039276123 1984 30.6690998077393 1985 31.1520099639893 1986 31.6161594390869 1987 32.2018089294434 1988 32.9624290466309 1989 33.5910415649414 1990 34.2898712158203 1991 34.7296714782715 1992 35.2822799682617 1993 35.8343696594238 1994 36.8904418945312 1995 37.7689094543457 1996 38.4772605895996 1997 39.4052696228027 1998 40.9637985229492 1999 41.9325904846191 2000 42.7250785827637 2001 43.872730255127 2002 44.042179107666 2003 44.925350189209 2004 46.0701713562012 2005 46.1317710876465 2006 43.9478912353516 2007 45.5218200683594 2008 45.6508407592773 2009 46.334098815918 2010 48.7306785583496 2011 49.1791610717773 2012 50.1896095275879 2013 51.7252006530762 2014 52.6307907104492 2015 54.1235084533691 2016 56.3658294677734 2017 57.4831008911133 2018 57.8335189819336 2019 59.1537208557129 2020 59.4558906555176 2021 60.1137886047363 2022 60.5485305786133