Year % female 1971 16.549430847168 1973 14.9288702011108 1976 16.105260848999 1977 16.4700603485107 1978 17.5175895690918 1979 17.6663303375244 1980 18.9533100128174 1981 19.1936092376709 1982 25.9863891601562 1985 25.6128597259521 1986 25.6012592315674 1987 26.6561908721924 1988 26.8367595672607 1989 26.8804798126221 1990 27.3334808349609 1991 38.952018737793 1997 35.7043495178223 1998 35.7050094604492 1999 36.0317611694336 2000 35.9499015808105 2001 36.2023391723633 2012 43.5730285644531 2013 45.0632705688477 2014 45.245979309082 2015 45.3495712280273 2016 45.2837295532227 2017 46.275749206543 2018 46.3195991516113 2019 46.8996200561523 2020 48.4463691711426 2021 48.768310546875