Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 21.34 1992 21.31 1993 21.488 1994 21.584 1995 21.836 1996 21.741 1997 21.899 1998 22.033 1999 22.37 2000 22.409 2001 22.346 2002 22.394 2003 22.417 2004 22.6 2005 22.513 2006 22.615 2007 22.569 2008 22.565 2009 23.016 2010 23.091 2011 23.299 2012 22.998 2013 23.369 2014 23.663 2015 23.982 2016 23.962 2017 24.357 2018 24.738 2019 25.102 2020 27.699 2021 26.857 2022 25.063 2023 24.843