Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 13.30232624746019 1992 14.186398683973573 1993 15.515820615823394 1994 17.235263296709732 1995 18.95769949610225 1996 20.067734672483514 1997 21.060054229174128 1998 22.923812456316746 1999 23.05298561882947 2000 22.00076135696228 2001 21.593552096954895 2002 21.236431501922617 2003 21.294499170524418 2004 20.896886201846716 2005 19.415281427618783 2006 18.516656750088654 2007 16.66584505888592 2008 15.85893127171671 2009 19.109092626890646 2010 18.549653635470925 2011 17.58845700172608 2012 17.379150792525188 2013 17.493039048177774 2014 17.555655339157692 2015 17.75701653982291 2016 17.467856048066817 2017 16.864513326713762 2018 16.343471626838042 2019 16.474631809101666 2020 17.773395136750292 2021 17.10588349521639 2022 15.058103711276562 2023 14.09838041446158