Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.832 1992 8.015 1993 8.059 1994 7.938 1995 7.84 1996 7.766 1997 7.774 1998 7.929 1999 8.026 2000 8.077 2001 7.989 2002 7.88 2003 7.769 2004 7.947 2005 8.138 2006 8.947 2007 7.787 2008 8.72 2009 8.959 2010 8.774 2011 8.356 2012 8.268 2013 8.153 2014 8.516 2015 7.696 2016 6.873 2017 6.686 2018 5.787 2019 5.894 2020 6.145 2021 7.436 2022 5.958 2023 5.929