Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 17.472 1992 19.268 1993 18.532 1994 16.869 1995 15.193 1996 15.64 1997 15.836 1998 14.455 1999 13.106 2000 12.081 2001 13.471 2002 12.79 2003 11.959 2004 11.363 2005 10.616 2006 10.025 2007 9.358 2008 8.812 2009 11.46 2010 11.545 2011 11.368 2012 11.726 2013 12.218 2014 13.309 2015 13.107 2016 12.639 2017 12.589 2018 11.778 2019 11.744 2020 14.2 2021 11.228 2022 8.233 2023 8.569