Year % of GDP 1970 10.827535680067838 1971 10.571125517843095 1972 10.019560637707983 1973 9.478755648336962 1974 8.271748450720548 1975 8.282838270588055 1976 8.760468079746348 1977 9.440934046520532 1978 8.723676619679484 1979 8.05624896681153 1980 7.403760363048252 1981 7.252131985133717 1982 6.760746823108777 1983 7.234276820893312 1984 6.757089492262258 1985 6.864776062421361 1986 7.337061854200563 1987 7.419783743646602 1988 7.960473359059728 1989 8.503860237658051 1990 8.074135288539715 1991 7.656276248995448 1992 6.919693262818346 1993 6.590059460167617 1994 6.460789926650214 1995 6.485933604494518 1996 6.435148028052091 1997 6.315491536749213 1998 6.427343735637753 1999 6.0211015233467275 2000 6.293273429255172 2001 6.732166036552161 2002 6.682700145442117 2003 6.86791069933702 2004 6.438375572639973 2005 6.0155796056671145 2006 5.7504590964723015 2007 4.8469232053618825 2008 4.495170168626045 2009 3.7932434361436784 2010 3.6123967756347595 2011 3.229235878521376 2012 3.0475121012522974 2013 2.944524001149125 2014 2.849880011377886 2015 2.786004533034582 2016 2.600517720441323 2017 2.3847051655314 2018 2.370477738210935 2019 2.357299521418739 2020 2.945244978150716 2021 2.655073440208895 2022 2.61944750889428 2023 2.4356503544597183