Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 11.625 1992 11.637 1993 11.671 1994 11.67 1995 11.66 1996 11.687 1997 11.769 1998 11.759 1999 11.804 2000 11.87 2001 17.819 2002 15.472 2003 17.611 2004 18.642 2005 16.171 2006 15.531 2007 13.561 2008 11.668 2009 14.555 2010 13.271 2011 13.348 2012 13.834 2013 12.715 2014 11.676 2015 11.621 2016 10.679 2017 10.555 2018 9.051 2019 9.311 2020 10.891 2021 9.634 2022 8.414 2023 9.343