Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 21.161 1992 21.525 1993 21.841 1994 21.704 1995 21.951 1996 21.233 1997 21.969 1998 21.297 1999 21.955 2000 21.591 2001 19.653 2002 17.869 2003 17.436 2004 15.801 2005 16.21 2006 17.378 2007 16.604 2008 19.078 2009 17.407 2010 18.295 2011 18.209 2012 18.57 2013 19.614 2014 20.958 2015 20.692 2016 22.209 2017 22.137 2018 22.42 2019 22.479 2020 26.586 2021 24.832 2022 23.138 2023 22.505