Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 42.5368117447987 1992 43.18960244109851 1993 43.91949152058146 1994 44.59303764920602 1995 45.374016701969374 1996 45.21553842661403 1997 46.30053891678387 1998 46.75107814232349 1999 47.00913566998819 2000 47.13949507256944 2001 47.67147335426209 2002 48.080033199375016 2003 48.571459681879624 2004 49.43801805050616 2005 50.11793497733719 2006 50.50899582660639 2007 50.53084885979148 2008 50.48946774544204 2009 51.078046690244726 2010 50.527817142606075 2011 50.12508489551282 2012 50.67190925885266 2013 50.50122416641692 2014 50.270908554049804 2015 50.53561643685344 2016 50.71242598722488 2017 50.98841474091655 2018 51.36398862905819 2019 51.76195039971611 2020 47.75096359676465 2021 49.99636493118048 2022 50.87906719093295 2023 51.07525213496297