Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 48.479811735027965 1992 48.294631608541614 1993 46.88096251393711 1994 48.07682787547285 1995 47.91259173742625 1996 47.605054091025266 1997 46.92081904267034 1998 46.860399032316884 1999 46.93491546849967 2000 45.80128729127124 2001 45.78533543495015 2002 45.79972062526644 2003 45.30772145939892 2004 44.038400361826454 2005 43.78088519710363 2006 43.48247428597033 2007 43.33536396010131 2008 43.41082598370824 2009 43.68793722602067 2010 44.06983019921207 2011 44.295456809575505 2012 44.27858137187984 2013 44.402960785860685 2014 44.35586716995454 2015 44.633021798843814 2016 44.87213001063402 2017 45.00265053697255 2018 45.03003282424769 2019 45.14419425754407 2020 43.473680215579066 2021 44.35909762002982 2022 44.50478505294479 2023 44.576956611302776