Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 34.851 1992 35.81 1993 36.411 1994 36.52 1995 36.919 1996 37.354 1997 38.098 1998 38.651 1999 39.137 2000 39.498 2001 38.101 2002 39.767 2003 38.914 2004 38.905 2005 39.545 2006 40.357 2007 40.041 2008 41.637 2009 38.734 2010 41.482 2011 43.478 2012 45.028 2013 44.914 2014 45.2 2015 47.995 2016 48.662 2017 48.864 2018 50.134 2019 52.135 2020 47.278 2021 50.931 2022 50.352 2023 51.8