Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.190575684202521 1992 9.366511250819961 1993 9.824057922090205 1994 10.405685932179365 1995 11.0009013786932 1996 11.223225352010125 1997 11.445675549120809 1998 11.908345691625275 1999 12.350982645190367 2000 12.549008266173757 2001 12.86606156670986 2002 13.230481667620127 2003 13.319570399590964 2004 13.213679777053642 2005 13.399315283679789 2006 13.183102365865704 2007 13.071037322006449 2008 13.24649054958028 2009 13.77759710866095 2010 13.77802089030735 2011 13.975373747280633 2012 14.463742705264725 2013 14.611427645107607 2014 14.835794515883778 2015 15.550998961627844 2016 15.973926210687033 2017 16.29722262678193 2018 16.37243919568256 2019 15.7522011257214 2020 17.27689976170435 2021 16.00352635704869 2022 14.719436930610676 2023 14.128852130689275