Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.151 1992 7.476 1993 8.768 1994 7.113 1995 6.155 1996 5.999 1997 7.457 1998 15.708 1999 13.888 2000 10.002 2001 9.352 2002 7.9 2003 9.419 2004 9.797 2005 9.319 2006 8.916 2007 7.857 2008 8.648 2009 9.222 2010 8.538 2011 8.298 2012 7.735 2013 7.914 2014 8.595 2015 9.898 2016 10.144 2017 9.781 2018 10.116 2019 9.827 2020 10.147 2021 8.059 2022 6.642 2023 5.373