Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 20.295081970631752 1992 20.909242147908433 1993 21.2356124627895 1994 21.01193589061824 1995 21.00386171105365 1996 21.14817947708764 1997 21.621507262220437 1998 21.320862282695753 1999 22.399593112784164 2000 22.335924187187324 2001 22.91694889678641 2002 22.746578436265082 2003 23.56840540010035 2004 23.445985616093655 2005 22.72340768957873 2006 21.696620153488794 2007 21.508777730253698 2008 21.158121708213525 2009 23.35270398290642 2010 23.502370585026416 2011 23.383493443835743 2012 23.991855972810864 2013 24.585280020822932 2014 24.040791742964593 2015 23.722390760506975 2016 23.764055364190845 2017 23.64021704875572 2018 23.463267377040424 2019 22.79074961242098 2020 26.60315130885436 2021 25.362514213258827 2022 24.81307876352298 2023 24.429552693709297