Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 10.645501607054436 1992 10.659768085069121 1993 10.67944546975341 1994 10.65221198217705 1995 10.858014331709942 1996 11.03635830228714 1997 11.303123690817701 1998 11.49951203937079 1999 11.772183193454254 2000 12.009023180241488 2001 12.12222693352941 2002 12.280336981211054 2003 12.321828334831677 2004 12.613099807849839 2005 12.876198181356012 2006 13.188686486415973 2007 13.78865923353252 2008 14.4446803244113 2009 15.123193685960084 2010 15.403160980800205 2011 16.112954209557238 2012 17.595513731498006 2013 18.10638919329196 2014 18.48026971476322 2015 19.50639658756374 2016 20.047968037139686 2017 21.045066906403825 2018 22.015342711755427 2019 20.027638287618345 2020 21.779935329271016 2021 19.099746676364592 2022 16.675318900017785 2023 15.180322827206636