Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 23.888 1992 27.048 1993 30.544 1994 29.131 1995 30.556 1996 31.875 1997 32.47 1998 32.51 1999 31.613 2000 29.209 2001 28.034 2002 26.893 2003 26.665 2004 26.726 2005 25.976 2006 24.833 2007 22.863 2008 21.708 2009 25.539 2010 33.053 2011 44.971 2012 55.67 2013 58.504 2014 52.645 2015 49.684 2016 47.145 2017 43.322 2018 39.952 2019 34.723 2020 33.71 2021 35.294 2022 31.14 2023 26.567