Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 6.36 1992 6.438 1993 6.664 1994 6.576 1995 6.308 1996 6.047 1997 5.866 1998 5.778 1999 5.683 2000 5.556 2001 5.368 2002 5.465 2003 5.566 2004 5.7 2005 5.882 2006 6.09 2007 5.701 2008 5.331 2009 4.899 2010 5.953 2011 6.912 2012 6.405 2013 5.82 2014 3.76 2015 3.676 2016 3.633 2017 3.586 2018 3.557 2019 3.532 2020 3.815 2021 3.749 2022 3.494 2023 3.49