Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 42.85 1992 41.05 1993 41.208 1994 36.121 1995 31.771 1996 29.957 1997 30.326 1998 30.779 1999 30.886 2000 30.981 2001 33.272 2002 34.791 2003 32.815 2004 33.688 2005 34.661 2006 32.841 2007 31.719 2008 30.757 2009 31.437 2010 30.102 2011 30.776 2012 28.767 2013 29.436 2014 27.584 2015 30.915 2016 35.611 2017 35.398 2018 38.88 2019 37.125 2020 42.359 2021 43.749 2022 41.269 2023 40.8