Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 10.881406464833008 1992 10.89033775795755 1993 11.215339475138606 1994 11.255716671710081 1995 11.387553705158616 1996 11.377405739681917 1997 11.581724142245559 1998 11.706580569506675 1999 11.845348633016288 2000 12.148673013271555 2001 12.332635118942797 2002 12.301526370900733 2003 12.413467775802506 2004 12.525394552646679 2005 12.803367907945232 2006 12.977609775726462 2007 13.094942640966803 2008 13.576770094126662 2009 14.036156411685093 2010 14.236133078174522 2011 14.868607131988991 2012 15.931164174101074 2013 16.235108209381096 2014 16.46927292251315 2015 17.279385810784134 2016 17.58974414227485 2017 18.232517755495905 2018 18.524654310916226 2019 17.097004550520086 2020 18.50166156247883 2021 16.589117081066348 2022 14.494789273893423 2023 13.361975841382785