Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 10.447 1992 10.581 1993 10.697 1994 10.588 1995 10.68 1996 10.656 1997 10.87 1998 10.953 1999 10.926 2000 10.993 2001 11.083 2002 11.331 2003 11.407 2004 11.484 2005 9.576 2006 10.195 2007 10.977 2008 11.635 2009 12.387 2010 12.976 2011 13.615 2012 13.864 2013 14.142 2014 14.382 2015 14.581 2016 14.932 2017 15.184 2018 15.396 2019 15.566 2020 16.971 2021 16.629 2022 15.697 2023 15.241