Year % of female labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 20.435 1992 21.323 1993 22.26 1994 21.929 1995 21.5 1996 21.401 1997 19.623 1998 16.457 1999 16.993 2000 14.671 2001 10.227 2002 8.149 2003 5.975 2004 3.868 2005 3.954 2006 4.036 2007 3.425 2008 3.556 2009 3.491 2010 5.573 2011 7.247 2012 7.51 2013 7.423 2014 6.58 2015 5.466 2016 4.62 2017 3.481 2018 3.878 2019 2.552 2020 3.27 2021 3.083 2022 2.562 2023 2.503