Year % of GDP 1970 69.70219538840743 1971 68.85455482476007 1972 65.74953099247782 1973 65.12175911645981 1974 69.24487937725952 1975 64.89755324773233 1976 65.28448101384066 1977 64.90773256899675 1978 64.53217109490681 1979 66.08759194091849 1980 66.56625241851467 1981 66.72473477640773 1982 60.50127024106732 1983 60.34804894698136 1984 59.53004229452915 1985 60.28128848907187 1986 60.61453614993428 1987 59.96937514791666 1988 59.89349602996267 1989 59.462185405588876 1990 57.162984063112866 1991 57.58544871651251 1992 57.413095776251346 1993 55.88354242861633 1994 55.69153008164262 1995 52.4087095502928 1996 52.73188934255829 1997 50.19493094950055 1998 48.56981057036175 1999 47.45195703005329 2000 46.92342540329101 2001 45.57274750667082 2002 44.561269456128485 2003 44.464657822595896 2004 43.76506620048792 2005 43.634642464144044 2006 43.81941882736607 2007 45.190101460502774 2008 48.38157346094813 2009 47.275590892488125 2010 47.419007096625286 2011 46.00162139627097 2012 45.30111264519587 2013 44.987334093435166 2014 42.74142630550398 2015 32.902819384963806 2016 33.8473467997979 2017 31.832318790242436 2018 30.683651313621752 2019 29.408035617367563 2020 25.092600753085847 2021 24.446992550091146 2022 24.51853932537997 2023 27.048414875598397