Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 16 1992 16.088 1993 16.22 1994 15.863 1995 15.501 1996 14.77 1997 14.252 1998 13.796 1999 13.434 2000 13.125 2001 12.786 2002 11.262 2003 9.669 2004 8.059 2005 6.609 2006 5.374 2007 4.137 2008 4.467 2009 4.843 2010 5.24 2011 5.379 2012 5.492 2013 5.609 2014 5.725 2015 5.727 2016 5.763 2017 5.84 2018 5.906 2019 5.955 2020 6.372 2021 6.321 2022 6.025 2023 5.972