Figure 2. Labor force participation rates of 16-to-24-year-olds, 1994–2014 and projected from 2014–2024 (percent)
Year |
16- and 17-year-olds |
18- and 19-year-olds |
20- and 21-year-olds |
22-to-24-year-olds |
Actual:
|
|
|
|
|
1994
|
43.3 |
62.5 |
72.0 |
79.9 |
1995
|
43.5 |
63.9 |
71.5 |
79.8 |
1996
|
42.5 |
62.6 |
71.8 |
80.1 |
1997
|
41.2 |
62.6 |
73.2 |
80.6 |
1998
|
42.2 |
63.5 |
73.0 |
80.7 |
1999
|
41.4 |
62.6 |
72.6 |
80.9 |
2000
|
40.9 |
63.1 |
73.7 |
80.7 |
2001
|
38.5 |
60.9 |
72.2 |
80.5 |
2002
|
35.4 |
59.7 |
71.1 |
80.1 |
2003
|
33.4 |
57.2 |
70.7 |
78.5 |
2004
|
32.0 |
57.1 |
70.3 |
78.2 |
2005
|
32.2 |
56.9 |
69.1 |
78.3 |
2006
|
32.5 |
57.0 |
69.4 |
78.1 |
2007
|
30.0 |
54.7 |
68.6 |
78.3 |
2008
|
27.9 |
54.2 |
69.2 |
77.7 |
2009
|
24.9 |
51.4 |
66.9 |
76.9 |
2010
|
22.4 |
49.1 |
64.5 |
76.1 |
2011
|
21.5 |
47.9 |
65.1 |
75.5 |
2012
|
22.0 |
47.8 |
64.7 |
75.2 |
2013
|
22.6 |
48.0 |
64.0 |
75.0 |
2014
|
22.2 |
47.6 |
63.7 |
75.4 |
Projected:
|
|
|
|
|
2015
|
21.0 |
46.7 |
62.6 |
74.7 |
2016
|
20.0 |
46.1 |
62.4 |
74.6 |
2017
|
19.1 |
45.5 |
62.1 |
74.4 |
2018
|
18.2 |
45.0 |
61.9 |
74.2 |
2019
|
17.4 |
44.4 |
61.7 |
74.0 |
2020
|
16.5 |
43.8 |
61.4 |
73.9 |
2021
|
15.7 |
43.2 |
61.2 |
73.7 |
2022
|
14.9 |
42.7 |
61.0 |
73.5 |
2023
|
14.2 |
42.1 |
60.7 |
73.3 |
2024
|
13.5 |
41.5 |
60.5 |
73.2 |