Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 5.079 1992 2.696 1993 2.973 1994 2.748 1995 2.41 1996 2.575 1997 2.294 1998 7.779 1999 8.204 2000 6.913 2001 7.979 2002 5.822 2003 5.24 2004 4.635 2005 4.857 2006 4.879 2007 4.586 2008 4.915 2009 5.757 2010 2.614 2011 2.969 2012 2.784 2013 1.246 2014 3.155 2015 3.135 2016 3.773 2017 4.451 2018 4.096 2019 4.291 2020 5.306 2021 5.99 2022 5.368 2023 5.309