Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 10.514 1992 10.803 1993 10.974 1994 10.962 1995 12.391 1996 13.715 1997 15.368 1998 13.919 1999 12.815 2000 11.896 2001 10.844 2002 9.891 2003 8.972 2004 7.881 2005 8.154 2006 8.311 2007 8.607 2008 9.092 2009 9.199 2010 9.163 2011 9.028 2012 8.213 2013 7.62 2014 6.941 2015 7.971 2016 8.887 2017 9.745 2018 10.599 2019 11.62 2020 14.033 2021 15.15 2022 16.747 2023 14.285