Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 9.57490306668923 1992 9.73140577152366 1993 10.189807432754483 1994 10.833331296583331 1995 11.452432105461163 1996 11.696561449521711 1997 11.955719080775781 1998 12.47113736045812 1999 12.930718171580503 2000 13.087704456435723 2001 13.336630242969441 2002 13.671674858124588 2003 13.786031781079888 2004 13.646674371844975 2005 13.709967146694941 2006 13.455466244777133 2007 13.232056462233516 2008 13.354193204413216 2009 13.990546911685476 2010 13.968027250412359 2011 14.136216209390984 2012 14.594090795181334 2013 14.739515867768837 2014 14.930447312770234 2015 15.629859222666758 2016 16.0148468028412 2017 16.31555430551029 2018 16.38027792345247 2019 15.747341555008012 2020 17.299998139870343 2021 16.036307471225165 2022 14.73601938734527 2023 14.161132697434802