Year % of female labor force (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 16.968 1992 19.061 1993 21.035 1994 22.997 1995 23.571 1996 24.143 1997 23.709 1998 23.68 1999 20.314 2000 17.264 2001 22.101 2002 24.415 2003 26.496 2004 24.33 2005 22.317 2006 20.132 2007 19.702 2008 19.403 2009 19.742 2010 21.579 2011 21.561 2012 21.184 2013 21.235 2014 21.356 2015 21.597 2016 21.816 2017 21.959 2018 21.741 2019 21.972 2020 22.645 2021 26.159 2022 26.011 2023 27.012