Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.907439587694384 1992 8.192979236067249 1993 8.7761819448471 1994 9.86835799398187 1995 10.967324814777912 1996 11.427993304336862 1997 11.699454056949357 1998 12.547219045785509 1999 13.35437838754488 2000 13.458107476637284 2001 13.955291751267373 2002 14.81025200563499 2003 14.917749845237298 2004 14.624492278507015 2005 14.802253027046884 2006 14.16389383019476 2007 13.797118634267202 2008 13.664284912681817 2009 14.505321943404846 2010 14.201150036882995 2011 13.909702613382823 2012 13.739102169021375 2013 13.808943896503648 2014 14.109174468243236 2015 14.771605684740747 2016 15.416448673153333 2017 15.355666258274542 2018 15.234377442791173 2019 15.608769049228876 2020 17.46676065809632 2021 16.834497866747412 2022 16.63597323100855 2023 16.55744178602885