Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 2.959 1992 2.998 1993 2.967 1994 3.007 1995 2.946 1996 2.937 1997 2.893 1998 2.887 1999 2.829 2000 2.818 2001 2.841 2002 2.93 2003 2.908 2004 2.907 2005 2.851 2006 2.899 2007 2.929 2008 2.942 2009 2.941 2010 2.938 2011 2.976 2012 4.28 2013 5.632 2014 6.814 2015 8.041 2016 6.368 2017 5.834 2018 5.957 2019 4.047 2020 4.765 2021 4.637 2022 4.15 2023 4.117