Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 7.475107065751935 1992 7.577777057085565 1993 8.026617778030255 1994 8.820891788562747 1995 9.310540797238712 1996 9.90173016228287 1997 10.570452368934347 1998 11.337297929317563 1999 11.879349074922741 2000 11.719341492203297 2001 12.085394792280733 2002 12.451829847090886 2003 12.916242217743449 2004 12.578018590561706 2005 12.394713579349215 2006 11.978357252027497 2007 11.466457403080392 2008 11.583699694290376 2009 12.485765135622076 2010 11.931810683625612 2011 11.855157130178148 2012 11.838076604636884 2013 11.886508467240972 2014 12.02129286380508 2015 12.697095820578477 2016 13.509092378379444 2017 13.617861699436153 2018 13.029140173464286 2019 13.540114464243555 2020 15.823597461896195 2021 15.222632616930346 2022 15.283218377931222 2023 15.321814182465323