Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 21.527649528004563 1992 22.570154705493334 1993 25.575362866188698 1994 26.612445252927138 1995 26.821854571479896 1996 26.94154294227504 1997 25.86247209238715 1998 23.923086190747615 1999 23.927601573550913 2000 22.538572162685497 2001 21.468171144261877 2002 22.042776111919796 2003 21.818070869466514 2004 21.983554380592977 2005 22.282460430053884 2006 20.94017621278543 2007 18.277310731638913 2008 17.780882314516937 2009 21.08333432240165 2010 22.87291672985777 2011 24.126281681305713 2012 26.15395455385529 2013 27.216086341906326 2014 26.176717981987714 2015 24.261099638444207 2016 22.570006014958025 2017 20.156760241146888 2018 18.120933764792863 2019 17.127440985087883 2020 19.427998811327537 2021 19.479950085975787 2022 16.796697353926714 2023 15.96199239024624