Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 15.772 1992 15.413 1993 15.48 1994 15.333 1995 15.691 1996 15.878 1997 15.61 1998 15.452 1999 15.454 2000 15.662 2001 16.084 2002 16.735 2003 17.346 2004 17.121 2005 17.013 2006 16.859 2007 17.267 2008 16.968 2009 16.856 2010 16.613 2011 16.478 2012 16.12 2013 17.916 2014 19.923 2015 21.355 2016 22.443 2017 25.267 2018 27.301 2019 29.59 2020 34.446 2021 35.617 2022 32.261 2023 32.232