Year % of total female employment 1997 22.44989315739144 1998 24.268723199634746 1999 25.98979931797554 2000 25.075884164408766 2001 25.516169470063883 2002 22.897984179164688 2003 24.092355128611036 2004 24.3369099429683 2005 23.867375908948183 2006 23.623838327155017 2007 23.58882010492653 2008 23.71251659857929 2009 25.359500988651238 2010 25.15536406295829 2011 24.652599504277088 2012 26.07914130494742 2013 26.850944689159558 2014 26.430077420374445 2015 26.76893246129651 2016 25.24246411889576 2017 26.77593825012685 2018 27.642718635225464 2019 27.606728497670435 2020 31.099412521297943 2021 25.704175653916636 2022 25.970311394504527 2023 26.736419977287945