Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 0.96 1992 0.953 1993 0.973 1994 0.991 1995 1.022 1996 1.012 1997 1.043 1998 1.054 1999 1.081 2000 1.115 2001 1.127 2002 1.129 2003 1.108 2004 1.053 2005 1.035 2006 1.109 2007 1.222 2008 1.275 2009 1.288 2010 1.284 2011 1.311 2012 1.319 2013 1.359 2014 1.363 2015 1.4 2016 1.449 2017 1.49 2018 1.513 2019 1.496 2020 1.831 2021 1.965 2022 1.497 2023 1.488