Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 23.011 1992 23.119 1993 23.387 1994 23.501 1995 23.743 1996 24.18 1997 24.561 1998 24.965 1999 25.753 2000 26.221 2001 27.66 2002 25.582 2003 25.136 2004 24.582 2005 25.608 2006 23.219 2007 24.486 2008 19.19 2009 21.416 2010 23.487 2011 21.544 2012 23.522 2013 22.16 2014 24.727 2015 25.565 2016 22.971 2017 24.211 2018 24.185 2019 22.081 2020 24.761 2021 24.832 2022 21.764 2023 20.866