Year % of females ages 15 and above 1988 35.808349609375 1989 36.2662811279297 1990 36.7977409362793 1991 37.0967102050781 1992 37.2890701293945 1993 37.575611114502 1994 38.1271896362305 1995 38.3423614501953 1996 38.824390411377 1997 39.6930084228516 1998 40.3808708190918 1999 41.0190200805664 2000 41.6278610229492 2001 42.7941093444824 2002 42.2737998962402 2003 42.7752914428711 2004 44.0487213134766 2005 43.510311126709 2006 41.7064018249512 2007 43.3451614379883 2008 44.1927680969238 2009 44.6296997070312 2010 45.3856506347656 2011 47.8613700866699 2012 48.4092483520508 2013 49.4457206726074 2014 49.8515815734863 2015 50.5955200195312 2016 51.7029914855957 2017 52.9723014831543 2018 52.8249702453613 2019 53.2473297119141 2020 53.435489654541 2021 54.0468482971191 2022 54.2912712097168