Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 12.922472035738409 1992 13.773028241815188 1993 15.266122960481344 1994 15.35302789475638 1995 15.468940566569657 1996 16.028103841112312 1997 15.775561264528228 1998 15.67119120526485 1999 15.22738270282867 2000 13.88676278364706 2001 13.501821894132156 2002 13.932067490351894 2003 14.14801336681149 2004 13.98544825416098 2005 13.938855674996354 2006 13.189295119992392 2007 12.402131763606725 2008 13.216654573639094 2009 17.16229440567286 2010 17.792349319939664 2011 17.57829942424351 2012 18.05040256308439 2013 17.947496234277786 2014 17.056359319007882 2015 15.763290258239792 2016 14.683947663057072 2017 13.194633206591153 2018 12.180785287742115 2019 11.599954017701474 2020 15.305197355941038 2021 12.92943785775966 2022 10.762356484650322 2023 10.693238410075207