Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 16.549493011785255 1992 16.845331919381096 1993 16.77471060635733 1994 17.10735222621675 1995 16.909463331341 1996 16.76682926732137 1997 16.78245665674968 1998 16.82988106853169 1999 17.456286626502095 2000 17.739879801411607 2001 17.88215332552595 2002 17.463875473601025 2003 17.84710172849226 2004 18.23186882756904 2005 18.640902920534028 2006 18.668300195018546 2007 18.920610032664896 2008 17.957377820201952 2009 18.352713390721323 2010 18.200100024136667 2011 17.723565717082828 2012 17.833863190938864 2013 17.717487101180495 2014 17.558044782856996 2015 17.95277207228121 2016 18.52468796967709 2017 18.221242833826558 2018 17.184504527271155 2019 16.33175104587474 2020 14.865250925478296 2021 15.039952788784609 2022 15.28078872805624 2023 15.646152774889398