Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 27.036 1992 25.305 1993 30.829 1994 30.989 1995 30.858 1996 25.47 1997 23.891 1998 23.142 1999 20.343 2000 24.856 2001 27.474 2002 26.249 2003 29.257 2004 28.219 2005 31.097 2006 30.402 2007 25.001 2008 25.436 2009 25.127 2010 24.501 2011 29.356 2012 34.378 2013 34.104 2014 32.206 2015 34.186 2016 33.687 2017 32.704 2018 26.322 2019 20.707 2020 18.535 2021 18.308 2022 19.022 2023 18.989