Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 3.416 1992 3.461 1993 3.429 1994 3.404 1995 3.349 1996 3.19 1997 3.037 1998 2.918 1999 2.906 2000 2.927 2001 3.01 2002 3.087 2003 3.243 2004 3.253 2005 3.251 2006 3.156 2007 3.118 2008 3.112 2009 3.134 2010 3.16 2011 2.768 2012 2.362 2013 1.951 2014 1.554 2015 1.921 2016 2.304 2017 2.299 2018 2.296 2019 2.301 2020 2.836 2021 2.774 2022 2.275 2023 2.259