Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.123804449676287 1992 9.362870214066726 1993 9.817160949012559 1994 10.381032885179 1995 10.981725903643994 1996 11.238623047831627 1997 11.39018027197642 1998 11.858633841640836 1999 12.353149974899996 2000 12.520491675611092 2001 12.832038847805615 2002 13.300072063051475 2003 13.374206580814251 2004 13.09245668436603 2005 13.31180449389505 2006 13.102054026799598 2007 13.048472443552223 2008 13.228715237047481 2009 13.873231524231942 2010 13.816430619727793 2011 14.075659424361367 2012 14.648801870437348 2013 14.811815009280114 2014 15.10031489213421 2015 15.785460981944821 2016 16.2501033596595 2017 16.55797428815268 2018 16.577286839583287 2019 15.86280152177973 2020 17.331836840398445 2021 16.040993427215277 2022 14.65310737226727 2023 14.08863750185463