Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 3.296 1992 3.22 1993 3.209 1994 3.2 1995 3.25 1996 3.288 1997 3.388 1998 3.48 1999 3.505 2000 3.613 2001 3.69 2002 3.714 2003 3.552 2004 3.427 2005 3.342 2006 3.384 2007 3.441 2008 3.469 2009 3.494 2010 2.901 2011 2.348 2012 1.798 2013 1.259 2014 1.281 2015 1.285 2016 1.288 2017 1.285 2018 1.284 2019 1.298 2020 1.443 2021 1.361 2022 3.02 2023 2.998