Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 18.34176530215438 1992 19.34371556647515 1993 23.259510601341077 1994 25.1295390008942 1995 24.84393906807257 1996 25.331739067547705 1997 24.967771322669517 1998 23.26542209432204 1999 22.014988525395186 2000 19.61572996100752 2001 17.58576043395357 2002 17.905394990871123 2003 18.26727577942168 2004 18.8006829295787 2005 19.27785712274301 2006 18.059008639912467 2007 16.39939144130677 2008 16.91739960935213 2009 21.77737750747695 2010 22.905259073235207 2011 23.6156343532321 2012 26.370495220289392 2013 27.546739391115306 2014 27.164863742928265 2015 25.722672460578774 2016 24.135636206406108 2017 21.788106312062176 2018 19.74822459010758 2019 18.362979492890897 2020 20.303220144776674 2021 19.826564165014705 2022 17.059732659179645 2023 16.643807741268652