Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 19.156 1992 18.08 1993 14.896 1994 15.721 1995 16.395 1996 21.865 1997 22.445 1998 27.566 1999 36.472 2000 37.329 2001 27.419 2002 26.804 2003 25.051 2004 26.213 2005 22.488 2006 22.23 2007 22.1 2008 22.709 2009 23.46 2010 22.507 2011 21.122 2012 20.059 2013 18.721 2014 18.252 2015 17.332 2016 18.3 2017 18.497 2018 19.486 2019 20.692 2020 27.28 2021 24.793 2022 21.026 2023 19.268