Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 19.846496123720115 1992 20.53275064510439 1993 21.442434255401274 1994 21.538002064955823 1995 21.822559152506855 1996 22.18917903066579 1997 22.7273904590046 1998 22.57697293207693 1999 23.880494279574943 2000 24.02099272632663 2001 24.937163490452345 2002 24.561739064363362 2003 25.594542048894454 2004 25.69074477810659 2005 25.03267084622715 2006 23.926274264150575 2007 23.704472158164776 2008 23.268626029146397 2009 25.82107372694917 2010 26.141815179938362 2011 25.613779974851095 2012 26.259929404174862 2013 26.870494707042276 2014 26.326184625038987 2015 26.238417920904823 2016 25.7342568585828 2017 25.71764756245352 2018 25.395529571873382 2019 24.400069378887295 2020 28.674963083284567 2021 27.51497019103311 2022 27.424412084682313 2023 27.14474956141338