Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 24.607 1992 24.023 1993 23.207 1994 24.409 1995 24.951 1996 29.824 1997 28.173 1998 22.829 1999 24.426 2000 29.207 2001 34.401 2002 37.858 2003 38.079 2004 33.058 2005 29.064 2006 28.096 2007 24.902 2008 22.369 2009 20.967 2010 20.717 2011 18.062 2012 18.561 2013 19.284 2014 19.41 2015 22.862 2016 24.132 2017 25.234 2018 26.518 2019 28.156 2020 33.933 2021 31.709 2022 25.311 2023 26.16