Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 16.5165490173899 1992 16.809442973764195 1993 16.738633020071003 1994 17.06779668490358 1995 16.870939202019617 1996 16.728804263445657 1997 16.743810875791453 1998 16.79124878816171 1999 17.412777795604732 2000 17.69450751759054 2001 17.815107555617395 2002 17.400329151164176 2003 17.801019631696143 2004 18.185205676709234 2005 18.589444047203003 2006 18.622508857159154 2007 18.88578168988079 2008 17.927994948068118 2009 18.317958233586758 2010 18.16116208262634 2011 17.703718924450758 2012 17.81788692585569 2013 17.699032380564635 2014 17.548219906243265 2015 17.953145013685383 2016 18.513476673478156 2017 18.215310257197153 2018 17.189160910858014 2019 16.352624187423256 2020 14.881320644310206 2021 15.06606383434585 2022 15.319404904640589 2023 15.646152774889398