Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.214237057871042 1992 9.397887167007074 1993 9.886460876287872 1994 10.512600327836333 1995 11.16607991357258 1996 11.403672488450729 1997 11.642138240570091 1998 12.133185698503128 1999 12.603110525217852 2000 12.801651884003373 2001 13.139083479777847 2002 13.548198918017635 2003 13.658809351158201 2004 13.568914610489406 2005 13.796793627850333 2006 13.565122916850553 2007 13.43956740715127 2008 13.619305363336842 2009 14.261975979414224 2010 14.219496582772335 2011 14.41904818214583 2012 14.920426524829589 2013 15.13626033100521 2014 15.420264406613283 2015 16.187021820758215 2016 16.660503613016704 2017 17.02094011074912 2018 17.157183090842874 2019 16.485498875059857 2020 18.080636176576583 2021 16.688136637347423 2022 15.347986262127277 2023 14.631337261869357