Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 11.829886567798125 1992 11.745446652139178 1993 12.411496346742732 1994 13.216442806816897 1995 14.202339009831862 1996 13.928380825663124 1997 14.306218961338825 1998 14.710415182288322 1999 15.090217154464519 2000 15.681096952779571 2001 16.094167533299636 2002 16.44433868951649 2003 16.482680223061543 2004 17.160890226422257 2005 17.556926174378255 2006 17.479091228864274 2007 17.304334416241588 2008 17.68425129953917 2009 18.16134162241161 2010 18.405430760450024 2011 18.4103582595189 2012 18.869069451452123 2013 19.327712914131396 2014 19.52321900638634 2015 20.315429668151214 2016 20.25248960097569 2017 20.806555284745805 2018 21.77741305098278 2019 20.884347035428764 2020 22.674644411234922 2021 20.242419700785543 2022 19.24763993856592 2023 17.67711487860742