Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 34.841 1992 35.717 1993 35.993 1994 35.984 1995 35.815 1996 35.731 1997 35.936 1998 36.289 1999 36.534 2000 36.444 2001 36.236 2002 36.12 2003 36.263 2004 36.194 2005 36.198 2006 36.117 2007 36.198 2008 36.536 2009 38.59 2010 45.534 2011 39.729 2012 41.884 2013 42.805 2014 43.954 2015 41.99 2016 43.933 2017 42.811 2018 43.76 2019 47.411 2020 43.5 2021 49.866 2022 49.826 2023 49.144