Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 44.55878535635294 1992 44.987683691099214 1993 45.41048418553356 1994 45.50115136608062 1995 45.75568863576552 1996 45.611844591682534 1997 45.87020434787168 1998 45.70981587792018 1999 45.73629889479761 2000 46.011085199367926 2001 46.28112620029301 2002 46.3150167171435 2003 46.83332111922258 2004 47.30116690873005 2005 47.75278864413084 2006 47.98660889528097 2007 48.29647562865462 2008 48.71346078698424 2009 49.03039902959095 2010 49.450947870186106 2011 49.8884901819401 2012 50.234401991276265 2013 50.54870592221875 2014 50.778779611785055 2015 51.2332561471783 2016 51.79938965436491 2017 51.80217480895036 2018 51.92053834273073 2019 50.954598686986394 2020 48.8482234642216 2021 49.95068714529128 2022 50.160776822308776 2023 50.538951713617685