Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 24.965 1992 24.828 1993 23.685 1994 22.467 1995 21.049 1996 20.333 1997 17.358 1998 16.819 1999 17.317 2000 17.805 2001 17.626 2002 22.197 2003 19.493 2004 22.375 2005 20.362 2006 21.601 2007 20.362 2008 18.831 2009 21.009 2010 21.892 2011 23.791 2012 22.545 2013 23.712 2014 24.001 2015 21.634 2016 20.626 2017 18.362 2018 16.286 2019 16.796 2020 17.331 2021 21.002 2022 22.595 2023 21.295