Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 12.608 1992 13.406 1993 16.787 1994 13.226 1995 13.148 1996 13.223 1997 13.75 1998 12.144 1999 12.548 2000 11.94 2001 12.101 2002 10.758 2003 11.887 2004 11.823 2005 12.664 2006 11.573 2007 11.378 2008 10.876 2009 13.881 2010 10.166 2011 8.549 2012 8.446 2013 8.521 2014 9.607 2015 8.669 2016 9.511 2017 9.761 2018 9.293 2019 9.617 2020 11.099 2021 9.822 2022 7.498 2023 7.175