Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.495 1992 7.715 1993 7.733 1994 7.783 1995 7.646 1996 7.635 1997 7.682 1998 7.568 1999 7.615 2000 7.466 2001 7.559 2002 7.233 2003 7.205 2004 5.11 2005 5.698 2006 6.169 2007 6.586 2008 7.011 2009 7.466 2010 7.932 2011 8.385 2012 8.694 2013 8.965 2014 9.45 2015 8.328 2016 6.876 2017 5.28 2018 3.574 2019 3.583 2020 3.993 2021 3.844 2022 3.582 2023 3.57