Year % of females ages 15 and above 1980 36.3711891174316 1981 36.3921813964844 1982 37.1050682067871 1983 37.4572982788086 1984 37.8327102661133 1985 38.2086982727051 1986 38.6030807495117 1987 39.3770713806152 1988 40.1780395507812 1989 40.8173484802246 1990 41.6745185852051 1991 43.4174308776855 1992 43.545841217041 1993 44.5341796875 1994 45.4255409240723 1995 46.3542289733887 1996 47.4113616943359 1997 48.4611701965332 1998 49.5887718200684 1999 50.5295906066895 2000 46.9748115539551 2001 47.9021911621094 2002 48.741039276123 2003 48.8660583496094 2004 49.8511390686035 2005 49.5669097900391 2006 57.4976692199707 2007 49.4835891723633 2008 50.512580871582 2009 51.484001159668 2010 52.1672592163086 2011 52.9076690673828 2012 53.9323692321777 2013 53.9177589416504 2014 55.2834091186523 2015 55.8064384460449 2016 56.757438659668 2017 57.6557807922363 2018 57.6906585693359 2019 58.2003593444824 2020 58.5982818603516 2021 59.0784111022949 2022 59.5614814758301