Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 11.454354819970213 1992 11.411748929023831 1993 11.049570606714827 1994 12.11851114335136 1995 14.343162421289115 1996 15.01510316692258 1997 14.882896673278273 1998 15.60752777632297 1999 16.939891937440603 2000 17.22758180123441 2001 16.615733963442334 2002 17.63079349305647 2003 17.546566982923494 2004 17.05753107678262 2005 16.35768843045861 2006 15.360386090311655 2007 14.658845033022914 2008 14.273047997744369 2009 15.935864994054874 2010 15.011941434371888 2011 14.421625956117204 2012 13.769377415393276 2013 13.962310341582912 2014 13.795932603732444 2015 14.770957284873573 2016 17.052543082753836 2017 17.514435572795293 2018 17.484892097314376 2019 17.563497819848052 2020 20.76063992630915 2021 18.65017753968993 2022 14.89032400117001 2023 13.632650658499998