Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 36.119 1992 36.036 1993 36.528 1994 37.14 1995 37.494 1996 38.233 1997 38.114 1998 39.026 1999 39.349 2000 40.099 2001 40.963 2002 40.494 2003 39.734 2004 39.252 2005 39.354 2006 39.176 2007 39.045 2008 39.016 2009 40.267 2010 41.461 2011 41.815 2012 41.739 2013 41.139 2014 41.176 2015 41.234 2016 41.303 2017 41.564 2018 41.853 2019 42.617 2020 46.509 2021 45.063 2022 43.696 2023 42.312