Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 8.843 1992 8.927 1993 7.822 1994 6.728 1995 5.526 1996 5.5 1997 5.461 1998 5.628 1999 6.027 2000 6.513 2001 6.95 2002 7.346 2003 7.762 2004 7.939 2005 8.149 2006 8.256 2007 8.605 2008 8.798 2009 9.069 2010 9.199 2011 9.782 2012 9.955 2013 6.278 2014 4.685 2015 3.362 2016 2.034 2017 5.181 2018 4.582 2019 3.953 2020 4.32 2021 4.256 2022 4.01 2023 3.978