Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 18.697 1992 18.854 1993 19.017 1994 21.296 1995 23.96 1996 26.546 1997 25.019 1998 28.217 1999 25.743 2000 21.926 2001 18.513 2002 20.324 2003 20.996 2004 21.513 2005 22.134 2006 19.019 2007 17.21 2008 16.515 2009 16.783 2010 16.94 2011 16.979 2012 16.93 2013 16.922 2014 18.3 2015 16.505 2016 16.582 2017 15.722 2018 17.932 2019 19.86 2020 22.263 2021 19.863 2022 18.015 2023 17.408