Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 19.355 1992 19.174 1993 17.887 1994 15.48 1995 12.287 1996 12.266 1997 13.629 1998 15.028 1999 14.175 2000 13.521 2001 12.112 2002 11.747 2003 10.502 2004 9.675 2005 9.772 2006 9.967 2007 10.122 2008 11.436 2009 16.793 2010 17.454 2011 17.546 2012 18.032 2013 15.322 2014 14.127 2015 13.9 2016 13.512 2017 13.005 2018 11.855 2019 11.311 2020 12.438 2021 10.454 2022 9.313 2023 10.721