Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 21.847327324267468 1992 22.851953630241944 1993 25.34012922982354 1994 25.233880111884506 1995 23.97519986306148 1996 22.856366367626947 1997 20.03389487487064 1998 19.674475006146487 1999 23.856090924825754 2000 27.015035704081534 2001 28.92846501619328 2002 30.117680226366538 2003 29.262644727789805 2004 29.26070519272001 2005 27.254594418691365 2006 23.808742648052352 2007 18.71601758240027 2008 16.7185158687005 2009 21.603360388993583 2010 24.475070088028833 2011 25.594531132002153 2012 26.259008783137897 2013 26.654565018311306 2014 23.45227669472048 2015 20.73436494496651 2016 17.709440789387344 2017 14.990924057055699 2018 12.676534832525977 2019 11.640641486599684 2020 13.616538086323994 2021 14.891811959483004 2022 13.67528145308209 2023 14.18991594995214