Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 42.462 1992 42.992 1993 43.693 1994 44.402 1995 45.109 1996 45.815 1997 46.524 1998 47.234 1999 47.947 2000 48.661 2001 51.387 2002 52.081 2003 53.464 2004 53.029 2005 53.118 2006 54.105 2007 55.544 2008 55.721 2009 56.531 2010 57.603 2011 57.23 2012 56.805 2013 56.909 2014 58.465 2015 57.589 2016 56.208 2017 56.7 2018 57.29 2019 57.354 2020 56.521 2021 57.692 2022 59.436 2023 60.262