Year % of GDP 1970 40.54419168185292 1971 41.496608719521404 1972 41.29878579470143 1973 39.53054409614127 1974 37.85310065756218 1975 38.710929519632 1976 38.60854732036292 1977 39.03673269331073 1978 40.61464454352649 1979 40.514884430480066 1980 41.98082705056351 1981 41.640237088767066 1982 40.57520303264709 1983 40.037965792826526 1984 39.5339406671397 1985 40.1220298651925 1986 40.84892884450988 1987 39.886594252536426 1988 40.427526588100136 1989 41.27498113241793 1990 42.41789608245467 1991 45.01123614113169 1992 48.543859655939585 1993 49.121475522104454 1994 47.9581319626055 1995 48.24558390451495 1996 47.96464936856687 1997 48.51360053532828 1998 49.4739567336106 1999 49.19884662076492 2000 49.192780342158926 2001 50.1329573150789 2002 49.6992551244869 2003 49.49111854450122 2004 48.60079270982846 2005 48.50670297175927 2006 48.50652581957779 2007 48.866111266145815 2008 48.53542826494915 2009 50.0863765332647 2010 49.33969106158211 2011 49.11470023806159 2012 49.94073595638507 2013 50.82020739780037 2014 51.542619170319846 2015 54.374007246953695 2016 55.0808771848764 2017 55.05358042275306 2018 54.962908225358255 2019 55.71996539922952 2020 55.565385047789405 2021 54.13809869011522 2022 53.97365688377532 2023 55.08387392833166