Year % of male labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 1.417 1992 1.42 1993 1.415 1994 1.41 1995 1.405 1996 1.909 1997 2.42 1998 2.934 1999 3.453 2000 3.975 2001 6.643 2002 9.253 2003 11.803 2004 14.333 2005 17.015 2006 19.508 2007 21.851 2008 24.161 2009 27.075 2010 25.63 2011 24.377 2012 23.192 2013 22.114 2014 20.961 2015 19.617 2016 18.145 2017 17.965 2018 17.538 2019 17.004 2020 20.02 2021 19.141 2022 18.822 2023 18.636