Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 43.367 1992 43.372 1993 43.407 1994 43.476 1995 43.59 1996 43.743 1997 43.866 1998 43.647 1999 43.737 2000 43.859 2001 43.732 2002 43.704 2003 43.676 2004 43.675 2005 43.639 2006 43.623 2007 43.654 2008 43.028 2009 43.612 2010 43.51 2011 45.189 2012 46.588 2013 49.311 2014 50.28 2015 50.653 2016 50.814 2017 51.165 2018 51.58 2019 51.972 2020 51.664 2021 52.328 2022 51.768 2023 51.598