Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 19.515 1992 21.42 1993 25.219 1994 28.417 1995 26.775 1996 27.265 1997 28.622 1998 25.952 1999 26.13 2000 20.511 2001 17.93 2002 18.862 2003 17.199 2004 19.692 2005 21.228 2006 22.453 2007 19.641 2008 19.211 2009 24.015 2010 23.61 2011 23.029 2012 24.967 2013 24.408 2014 24.9 2015 25.345 2016 25.055 2017 22.685 2018 21.044 2019 20.009 2020 20.479 2021 19.385 2022 17.952 2023 17.134