Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 3.128 1992 3.066 1993 2.92 1994 2.794 1995 2.893 1996 2.812 1997 2.687 1998 2.618 1999 2.565 2000 2.941 2001 2.932 2002 4.166 2003 5.15 2004 7.231 2005 6.499 2006 5.79 2007 6.785 2008 7.752 2009 7.187 2010 8.539 2011 10.209 2012 11.901 2013 13.652 2014 15.468 2015 16.209 2016 15.176 2017 15.198 2018 15.195 2019 15.252 2020 18.975 2021 17.999 2022 15.374 2023 14.992