Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 27.528 1992 27.672 1993 27.002 1994 26.482 1995 26.158 1996 25.756 1997 25.433 1998 25.257 1999 25.023 2000 24.863 2001 24.329 2002 23.957 2003 23.329 2004 22.72 2005 22.155 2006 21.318 2007 21.563 2008 21.841 2009 22.249 2010 22.699 2011 22.972 2012 23.307 2013 23.716 2014 24.242 2015 24.832 2016 25.321 2017 25.789 2018 26.157 2019 27.016 2020 31.338 2021 29.583 2022 25.669 2023 25.869