Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 14.84853360120738 1992 15.87837680164688 1993 18.292981736876463 1994 19.731338898119958 1995 20.455598601919135 1996 21.18671555845412 1997 21.509394514075545 1998 21.881383972998773 1999 21.549209121698066 2000 20.04502631329765 2001 19.09442390653845 2002 19.05884171297418 2003 19.311606582318657 2004 19.289857657740317 2005 18.759072857510176 2006 17.88553381214063 2007 16.20444781176656 2008 15.971621606283833 2009 19.861874111938345 2010 19.947951302272084 2011 19.67984013620707 2012 20.489854901382433 2013 20.880336115009985 2014 20.471397128486185 2015 19.894533728411417 2016 19.08655154341501 2017 17.86863859531525 2018 16.816639241044605 2019 16.460518954867293 2020 18.094247597333563 2021 17.552639983584005 2022 15.242985682111351 2023 14.80601100223211