Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 6.521 1992 6.545 1993 6.564 1994 6.648 1995 6.728 1996 6.799 1997 6.855 1998 6.912 1999 6.997 2000 6.937 2001 6.809 2002 6.488 2003 6.54 2004 6.617 2005 6.521 2006 6.488 2007 6.444 2008 6.422 2009 6.355 2010 6.403 2011 7.068 2012 7.778 2013 8.508 2014 9.235 2015 9.98 2016 10.724 2017 9.121 2018 7.528 2019 5.886 2020 4.612 2021 2.995 2022 3.153 2023 3.142