Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.288 1992 9.84 1993 9.56 1994 9.591 1995 9.386 1996 9.397 1997 9.281 1998 8.966 1999 8.885 2000 9.149 2001 8.982 2002 8.954 2003 8.642 2004 8.648 2005 8.602 2006 8.378 2007 8.249 2008 8.102 2009 8.085 2010 8.004 2011 7.885 2012 7.742 2013 7.617 2014 7.51 2015 7.422 2016 7.543 2017 7.691 2018 7.836 2019 7.933 2020 8.568 2021 8.525 2022 8.006 2023 7.853