Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.86632952904809 1992 7.991373880482722 1993 8.14863428460216 1994 8.222416868269534 1995 8.411911961607323 1996 8.55628932488488 1997 8.857414366252268 1998 9.098079376195459 1999 9.260171522845686 2000 9.460788571450232 2001 9.669729821797096 2002 9.902218444092803 2003 9.996201860217965 2004 9.81452757817702 2005 8.64534907826828 2006 8.75143516646831 2007 8.974625900634557 2008 9.10076828310816 2009 9.26314058112657 2010 9.381231013399058 2011 9.543811726751533 2012 9.747761671841294 2013 9.702855990502758 2014 9.786183738064734 2015 9.89028908134079 2016 10.02674051053552 2017 10.148445980914397 2018 10.20784304404366 2019 10.253406236721274 2020 10.642058257994327 2021 10.473097096135929 2022 10.717436000950986 2023 10.468321155218227