Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 5.535 1992 7.444 1993 8.249 1994 9.203 1995 10.075 1996 10.975 1997 11.82 1998 12.683 1999 15.607 2000 16.158 2001 15.12 2002 14.027 2003 12.854 2004 11.687 2005 10.539 2006 9.401 2007 9.916 2008 10.23 2009 10.792 2010 11.092 2011 8.881 2012 6.745 2013 4.77 2014 9.378 2015 14.269 2016 10.552 2017 6.327 2018 6.084 2019 5.871 2020 6.205 2021 5.931 2022 5.509 2023 5.503