Year % of female working-age population with advanced education 1996 77.2148631571996 1997 77.21932093942334 1999 76.98323398651071 2000 75.31892594770368 2001 74.96963385993399 2002 75.04662821911003 2003 75.3678625276995 2004 75.50308405021683 2005 75.08298397293184 2006 75.1156999087716 2007 75.12926370269392 2008 74.73656039231109 2009 74.96322168199087 2010 74.49687256052192 2011 74.23170400808552 2012 73.22648003806177 2013 73.10208005918824 2014 73.44706312073785 2015 72.6555603042902 2016 72.79475940072085 2017 72.7371243227717 2018 72.847554573118 2019 72.92442275049419 2020 71.84081406238634 2021 72.20411531283982 2022 73.14264973659219 2023 73.0422136350299