Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 38.799 1992 38.962 1993 39.259 1994 39.913 1995 40.047 1996 39.944 1997 39.861 1998 40.035 1999 40.571 2000 40.283 2001 40.43 2002 40.199 2003 40.734 2004 40.903 2005 40.865 2006 40.645 2007 41.399 2008 41.646 2009 41.624 2010 40.937 2011 41.264 2012 41.463 2013 42.192 2014 42.05 2015 42.941 2016 43.666 2017 44.43 2018 44.609 2019 44.054 2020 48.019 2021 46.42 2022 43.003 2023 42.37