Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 4.375 1992 4.335 1993 4.296 1994 4.276 1995 4.27 1996 4.313 1997 4.296 1998 4.297 1999 4.255 2000 4.297 2001 4.431 2002 4.438 2003 4.495 2004 5.354 2005 5.36 2006 5.158 2007 4.946 2008 4.922 2009 5.161 2010 5.308 2011 5.007 2012 4.632 2013 5.53 2014 5.717 2015 5.61 2016 5.606 2017 4.955 2018 4.693 2019 4.473 2020 5.122 2021 3.809 2022 6.29 2023 5.871