Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.656159066384909 1992 9.554856137249958 1993 9.624616309383454 1994 9.818555005128498 1995 10.461689182636945 1996 10.843398587941737 1997 10.987097197984378 1998 11.276548164716733 1999 11.64414086813274 2000 11.73582209888073 2001 11.780491789522792 2002 11.815517371850458 2003 11.663207455206747 2004 11.462863701150441 2005 11.181403359190071 2006 11.027862490279247 2007 11.020775112836263 2008 11.121902847800074 2009 10.964916717467968 2010 11.349096467789563 2011 11.526120566522723 2012 11.891722853568037 2013 11.92703729527441 2014 12.06922638593978 2015 12.431595166805293 2016 12.725814374721638 2017 13.05311594994295 2018 13.034545354505473 2019 13.077074950182169 2020 14.459935481478157 2021 13.947536448467416 2022 12.203063682467377 2023 12.010388548693467