Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 5.615 1992 5.76 1993 5.928 1994 6.086 1995 6.251 1996 6.433 1997 7.214 1998 8.015 1999 8.836 2000 9.67 2001 8.804 2002 7.777 2003 6.609 2004 7.74 2005 8.809 2006 7.277 2007 8.105 2008 8.897 2009 9.635 2010 6.367 2011 7.522 2012 8.68 2013 9.863 2014 10.279 2015 10.679 2016 11.051 2017 12.229 2018 12.86 2019 13.516 2020 16.42 2021 16.622 2022 15.938 2023 15.743