Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 27.553 1992 27.495 1993 29.732 1994 32.018 1995 30.689 1996 28.077 1997 22.377 1998 20.898 1999 28.76 2000 34.954 2001 38.751 2002 41.208 2003 41.202 2004 39.952 2005 36.758 2006 29.72 2007 21.599 2008 17.227 2009 20.556 2010 23.685 2011 25.755 2012 26.484 2013 27.276 2014 23.839 2015 20.774 2016 17.668 2017 14.821 2018 11.736 2019 9.86 2020 10.812 2021 11.915 2022 10.625 2023 11.584