Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 26.045 1992 26.117 1993 26.097 1994 27.917 1995 25.977 1996 20.566 1997 22.518 1998 26.355 1999 35.069 2000 39.286 2001 41.6 2002 38.921 2003 34.579 2004 34.378 2005 31.236 2006 26.624 2007 20.661 2008 18.582 2009 27.99 2010 34.887 2011 33.27 2012 35.064 2013 34.994 2014 26.368 2015 25.934 2016 19.852 2017 18.172 2018 14.283 2019 14.038 2020 18.375 2021 20.331 2022 18.648 2023 21.618