Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 11.494379068106978 1992 11.650882563978058 1993 12.109069130449255 1994 12.701087718425683 1995 13.378719138019154 1996 13.264239077863037 1997 13.251099937422117 1998 13.613858966014076 1999 14.05772318387169 2000 14.44360792977851 2001 14.71033087634434 2002 15.195264352197166 2003 15.162816249380894 2004 15.20197074784476 2005 15.476292406280752 2006 15.315699268664872 2007 15.224877472234585 2008 15.394758567154188 2009 15.977516244757439 2010 16.166351266452363 2011 16.438583864380995 2012 17.287030778064832 2013 17.56412409169471 2014 17.761822390427653 2015 18.566090981266356 2016 18.727828849737794 2017 19.166788758119115 2018 19.590303971400743 2019 18.193773458498814 2020 19.66620432917068 2021 17.976343877447455 2022 16.099634981761373 2023 15.077770086397443