Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 13.884 1992 15.673 1993 17.487 1994 16.351 1995 15.546 1996 14.934 1997 13.567 1998 12.409 1999 12.364 2000 11.939 2001 10.247 2002 10.826 2003 11.265 2004 10.633 2005 12.63 2006 13.826 2007 14.173 2008 14.899 2009 18.964 2010 19.73 2011 21.147 2012 21.058 2013 20.507 2014 16.811 2015 14.502 2016 12.882 2017 11.989 2018 11.18 2019 11.027 2020 13.438 2021 12.774 2022 10.51 2023 12.542