Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 74.633 1992 74.226 1993 73.856 1994 73.442 1995 72.992 1996 72.557 1997 70.767 1998 70.258 1999 70.388 2000 68.801 2001 69.546 2002 69.036 2003 68.485 2004 67.606 2005 68.591 2006 69.561 2007 70.515 2008 71.005 2009 71.496 2010 71.578 2011 71.576 2012 71.766 2013 72.655 2014 72.69 2015 72.491 2016 71.957 2017 71.468 2018 70.478 2019 70.516 2020 67.912 2021 68.245 2022 68.569 2023 68.483