Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 42.473 1992 43.329 1993 43.362 1994 42.378 1995 40.637 1996 39.614 1997 38.477 1998 37.648 1999 37.639 2000 37.29 2001 36.514 2002 35.081 2003 33.997 2004 33.292 2005 32.322 2006 33.403 2007 33.798 2008 34.884 2009 35.357 2010 35.915 2011 35.361 2012 35.157 2013 35.368 2014 35.655 2015 35.841 2016 36.109 2017 36.4 2018 36.638 2019 36.544 2020 39.07 2021 37.875 2022 36.759 2023 36.53