Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 16.658 1992 16.928 1993 17.371 1994 18.182 1995 17.589 1996 17.262 1997 16.721 1998 17.175 1999 17.359 2000 20.455 2001 23.451 2002 26.427 2003 29.103 2004 32.014 2005 34.664 2006 37.859 2007 40.372 2008 39.067 2009 37.372 2010 36.886 2011 35.289 2012 34.279 2013 33.608 2014 34.03 2015 34.138 2016 34.542 2017 34.768 2018 34.916 2019 35.314 2020 39.266 2021 37.693 2022 36.835 2023 36.799