Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 13.418 1992 14.234 1993 13.369 1994 12.506 1995 12.142 1996 12.057 1997 11.401 1998 10.408 1999 9.886 2000 9.28 2001 10.493 2002 11.928 2003 12.351 2004 11.781 2005 11.233 2006 10.43 2007 10.471 2008 12.758 2009 17.516 2010 18.356 2011 17.261 2012 16.191 2013 15.529 2014 13.382 2015 11.611 2016 10.414 2017 9.225 2018 8.599 2019 8.37 2020 14.885 2021 9.697 2022 8.095 2023 7.902