Year % of female working-age population with advanced education 1998 71.509 1999 69.806 2000 73.111 2001 72.119 2002 71.453 2003 67.89 2004 70.663 2005 69.804 2006 68.959 2007 66.311 2008 64.169 2009 65.524 2010 62.91 2011 64.499 2012 67.699 2013 67.23 2014 71.174 2015 70.757 2016 70.557 2017 71.695 2018 72.437 2019 71.118 2020 69.987 2021 71.056 2022 72.68 2023 73.288