Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 8.872546357633563 1992 8.953498361613864 1993 9.02218296273461 1994 9.06464663234851 1995 8.975269706974782 1996 9.052459077231315 1997 9.116429407614225 1998 9.282889011570454 1999 9.45797523429946 2000 9.690680811001645 2001 9.814565229340207 2002 9.728209498492651 2003 9.634791130728805 2004 9.411545276335247 2005 9.211661635359405 2006 9.243960642493208 2007 9.372131669001117 2008 9.605102716256113 2009 9.174813471636066 2010 9.70219184510137 2011 10.004524083792495 2012 10.504164929149265 2013 10.19165095264563 2014 10.056441711896499 2015 10.512832431944286 2016 10.705601124082946 2017 10.906663207322325 2018 10.69331571993395 2019 10.59594661167061 2020 11.775843251978582 2021 11.431007679508213 2022 10.63805910623317 2023 10.944986555041805