Year % of total female employment 1991 37.80402168215153 1992 39.16511708226891 1993 38.77614506197977 1994 39.85617569088214 1995 41.940205940887694 1996 41.74217026240009 1997 37.665057912764304 1998 38.7541923824821 1999 38.572597365706514 2000 39.67262039860426 2001 40.229140457989914 2002 41.770125883129666 2003 41.784209318046756 2004 42.618805650760116 2005 41.500356974343084 2006 42.00890273527747 2007 42.07450991829119 2008 42.13571019182957 2009 43.52323976231299 2010 43.08641098248275 2011 42.9945350307629 2012 43.95087168275843 2013 44.62736527763443 2014 44.287915683512416 2015 44.33811271845923 2016 45.75930340851985 2017 46.3222429038549 2018 46.09906716198537 2019 46.485975535008215 2020 49.670249326977874 2021 47.0946457552036 2022 46.71217361358041 2023 47.07016111181633