Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 8.20504046522302 1992 8.340080152996846 1993 8.521443955910797 1994 8.554603485221891 1995 8.570171395390584 1996 8.489808784828936 1997 8.45951719519338 1998 8.48584703102126 1999 8.805869870207653 2000 8.879381733760804 2001 8.792862443532062 2002 8.511315259763967 2003 8.377355355057688 2004 8.254093427397937 2005 8.310097276327472 2006 8.133441924752647 2007 8.112047378302645 2008 8.156600089182799 2009 8.223895350273457 2010 8.23281221600038 2011 8.173346838728285 2012 8.267320662000289 2013 7.911965590283674 2014 8.289668421615753 2015 8.80626760746693 2016 8.734919162568083 2017 8.907975004553478 2018 8.961454723397503 2019 8.992928369118799 2020 9.41734699243144 2021 8.05414083113142 2022 6.446284564195293 2023 5.992801264609234