Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 12.515 1992 13.572 1993 13.613 1994 12.357 1995 18.973 1996 15.105 1997 14.629 1998 12.511 1999 12.024 2000 10.919 2001 11.976 2002 12.842 2003 11.704 2004 12.634 2005 11.331 2006 8.746 2007 7.399 2008 7.487 2009 9.175 2010 9.265 2011 8.634 2012 8.44 2013 9.107 2014 7.842 2015 9.879 2016 11.119 2017 10.338 2018 9.664 2019 9.926 2020 11.288 2021 12.584 2022 9.981 2023 10.954