Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.079918160077348 1992 9.177880937057436 1993 9.174107236179045 1994 9.113734007025121 1995 8.891403633559186 1996 8.858905527568224 1997 8.752934748645457 1998 8.838321622840063 1999 9.074236896382514 2000 9.201249213268884 2001 9.190802947839769 2002 9.199211071144093 2003 9.210289363247457 2004 9.065064126754647 2005 8.893236377996752 2006 8.75740202711012 2007 8.672831802051103 2008 8.61851125985603 2009 8.646132089385484 2010 9.16036422550111 2011 9.200645248596686 2012 8.863006213360023 2013 8.495529416618085 2014 8.48507800226233 2015 8.773734148874809 2016 8.713632264578054 2017 8.780121659000855 2018 8.469216721100015 2019 8.372682255175748 2020 9.459841444181803 2021 9.004348535475499 2022 8.276260676325835 2023 8.476612325804886