Year % of female working-age population with advanced education 1996 81.564 1997 82.743 1998 80.639 1999 80.24 2000 82.512 2001 80.862 2002 82.015 2003 82.651 2004 82.65 2005 82.04 2006 82.73 2007 84.294 2008 83.27 2009 82.851 2010 81.411 2011 82.076 2012 80.533 2013 78.686 2014 79.032 2015 78.395 2016 80.626 2017 82.512 2018 82.071 2019 82.701 2020 82.468 2021 81.318 2022 81.393 2023 80.652