Year % of female labor force (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 1.991 1992 1.973 1993 1.881 1994 2.447 1995 2.878 1996 3.46 1997 4.102 1998 4.809 1999 5.314 2000 5.892 2001 6.404 2002 6.915 2003 7.404 2004 5.629 2005 3.667 2006 1.553 2007 1.683 2008 1.784 2009 2.001 2010 2.148 2011 2.271 2012 2.328 2013 2.481 2014 2.71 2015 2.851 2016 2.877 2017 2.991 2018 3.147 2019 2.925 2020 3.678 2021 2.555 2022 3.02 2023 2.954