Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 14.31344021848334 1992 14.983765420949926 1993 16.285025645178454 1994 16.68244104295585 1995 16.588640125079866 1996 16.839255076817714 1997 16.84560676656485 1998 16.979082154034664 1999 16.63501564272664 2000 15.481770714179955 2001 15.185053489855795 2002 15.596534819088248 2003 16.133371280813044 2004 16.025896764491737 2005 15.603034596565566 2006 14.922563092231941 2007 13.643179580236787 2008 14.121202388645603 2009 17.943750498595424 2010 18.23492386873787 2011 17.88369009672614 2012 18.121553889541353 2013 18.061655981468665 2014 17.053823415881062 2015 16.07672805290904 2016 14.99528830784437 2017 14.070712889695287 2018 13.168252966964701 2019 12.50020835994514 2020 15.93461557683678 2021 13.629323820356339 2022 11.709452926325731 2023 11.570563395671252