Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.13789145597799 1992 10.661808426008385 1993 12.476930684834036 1994 14.242794243451218 1995 16.589966231194495 1996 18.814575879065337 1997 19.409518816108434 1998 21.15918568181082 1999 21.705082899311613 2000 20.347152645005675 2001 20.532752050234965 2002 20.780416995796482 2003 20.211289156579607 2004 19.783231636537344 2005 18.785331207755668 2006 17.695898548039214 2007 16.86366172631488 2008 16.412531161892346 2009 19.086606726340193 2010 18.119320111158068 2011 16.765365689484444 2012 16.527369175368946 2013 16.7823695179988 2014 17.477662291821993 2015 17.37787547554992 2016 17.416489521520244 2017 17.13201531182754 2018 16.580750667074152 2019 17.875592371464126 2020 18.950102312996837 2021 17.812245256805998 2022 15.482215058460794 2023 14.587250413678328