Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 3.272 1992 3.01 1993 5.844 1994 5.558 1995 4.654 1996 4.653 1997 5.997 1998 5.774 1999 5.651 2000 4.806 2001 5.625 2002 5.585 2003 8.493 2004 7.706 2005 8.759 2006 7.7 2007 7.082 2008 7.017 2009 8.444 2010 8.215 2011 7.726 2012 8.325 2013 8.742 2014 8.596 2015 8.813 2016 8.577 2017 8.057 2018 7.936 2019 7.992 2020 8.601 2021 8.816 2022 7.5 2023 7.999