Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.954994394671962 1992 10.13097161996867 1993 10.656789516831035 1994 11.45257365757547 1995 12.264064024653115 1996 12.556285453233082 1997 12.895190488725962 1998 13.541074438648657 1999 14.102277463927281 2000 14.300963434842421 2001 14.678276415730593 2002 15.191317129590223 2003 15.428423954932999 2004 15.259851049816689 2005 15.361020975379706 2006 15.163887254849946 2007 14.893611009302868 2008 15.054363166796008 2009 15.929633671598996 2010 15.95967281246612 2011 16.175207208951484 2012 16.478949721997694 2013 16.844503488560324 2014 17.256344867319427 2015 18.0233931387477 2016 18.679249050659838 2017 18.975471241309027 2018 19.07733072977463 2019 18.079450651536522 2020 19.81269289884117 2021 18.147281136768335 2022 16.815302974503563 2023 16.035256672990982