Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.873169208232007 1992 10.115481998035005 1993 10.602844212008414 1994 11.293379210557164 1995 12.025819212558984 1996 12.325949606313925 1997 12.574453295486089 1998 13.210680847535297 1999 13.769123126782238 2000 13.93909574045942 2001 14.27665851409971 2002 14.843891280665861 2003 15.03034540318729 2004 14.682791880503629 2005 14.8086160254142 2006 14.64319150553332 2007 14.471232830156158 2008 14.612244405815385 2009 15.499838556850095 2010 15.489548514088897 2011 15.759785592569333 2012 16.109622663249763 2013 16.47916179605845 2014 16.921749196401002 2015 17.66288257577946 2016 18.264500815648375 2017 18.52313447850326 2018 18.485471382570847 2019 17.455851637188214 2020 19.21714541908554 2021 17.665033316090668 2022 16.24415374199485 2023 15.66399600291861