Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 14.139 1992 14.529 1993 14.903 1994 15.217 1995 15.478 1996 15.652 1997 15.851 1998 16.028 1999 16.151 2000 16.25 2001 16.387 2002 16.689 2003 17.052 2004 17.503 2005 18.037 2006 18.58 2007 19.208 2008 19.914 2009 20.715 2010 21.437 2011 22.138 2012 22.826 2013 23.623 2014 24.42 2015 26.258 2016 28.007 2017 29.631 2018 31.46 2019 20.444 2020 27.333 2021 16.452 2022 18.308 2023 18.615