Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 34.477 1992 34.348 1993 34.848 1994 35.57 1995 39.554 1996 42.958 1997 46.586 1998 44.219 1999 41.722 2000 39.247 2001 40.604 2002 41.677 2003 42.795 2004 42.991 2005 43.237 2006 43.025 2007 43.651 2008 43.695 2009 44.39 2010 44.474 2011 39.305 2012 34.03 2013 40.402 2014 38.638 2015 41.154 2016 44.151 2017 41.433 2018 37.981 2019 38.251 2020 41.259 2021 40.098 2022 38.578 2023 38.032