Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 22.001 1992 21.95 1993 21.809 1994 21.391 1995 21.358 1996 21.346 1997 21.636 1998 21.777 1999 21.895 2000 22.004 2001 22.561 2002 23.014 2003 23.608 2004 23.682 2005 23.948 2006 24.15 2007 24.315 2008 24.624 2009 25.233 2010 20.393 2011 21.47 2012 22.46 2013 23.613 2014 24.894 2015 26.152 2016 27.363 2017 28.644 2018 24.13 2019 24.344 2020 29.344 2021 27.206 2022 25.284 2023 24.915