Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 29.561 1992 29.676 1993 29.841 1994 29.783 1995 29.627 1996 29.377 1997 30.939 1998 30.681 1999 30.555 2000 28.233 2001 28.855 2002 31.472 2003 35.201 2004 41.793 2005 47.154 2006 48.033 2007 43.63 2008 35.092 2009 41.404 2010 46.44 2011 51.161 2012 51.196 2013 49.43 2014 47.616 2015 43.224 2016 34.941 2017 31.869 2018 29.658 2019 27.464 2020 26.616 2021 25.481 2022 24.254 2023 24.31