Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 44.82 1992 46.134 1993 46.587 1994 47.744 1995 48.351 1996 49.341 1997 50.688 1998 51.515 1999 53.09 2000 54.178 2001 55.141 2002 55.919 2003 56.51 2004 56.965 2005 55.643 2006 56.157 2007 57.412 2008 58.351 2009 58.805 2010 58.715 2011 58.772 2012 59.298 2013 59.255 2014 58.461 2015 58.803 2016 58.682 2017 58.797 2018 59.098 2019 59.812 2020 59.887 2021 60.631 2022 61.191 2023 61.724