Year % female 1971 22.4696102142334 1972 23.3320407867432 1973 23.8448696136475 1974 25.426139831543 1975 25.1637401580811 1976 26.7325897216797 1977 27.8509006500244 1978 28.770170211792 1979 27.8066902160645 1980 28.175329208374 1981 29.128870010376 1982 28.9821605682373 1983 30.2191104888916 1984 30.0235290527344 1985 31.2891006469727 1986 30.2760906219482 1987 31.0303802490234 1988 31.4730091094971 1989 31.4097309112549 1990 32.6735687255859 1991 32.3199615478516 1992 32.064998626709 1993 32.8242111206055 1994 33.1299781799316 1996 36.6670417785645 1997 36.7685890197754 1999 37.799560546875 2000 38.5006408691406 2001 36.6851692199707 2002 40.1286697387695 2003 38.965461730957 2004 38.623119354248 2005 38.7990417480469 2006 39.1388816833496 2007 37.0810890197754 2008 38.0130310058594 2009 37.5673904418945 2010 38.0752983093262 2011 38.4896697998047 2012 37.4685897827148 2013 38.7809410095215 2014 43.3143501281738 2015 42.1097602844238 2016 43.1605606079102 2019 41.0780982971191 2020 41.4653701782227 2021 41.4685707092285