Year % of GDP 1972 23.04449648711944 1973 24.20741770172848 1974 24.932161778007494 1975 27.885609279889746 1976 26.823590274185204 1977 28.158218896847487 1978 31.36197109384436 1979 32.138945927446954 1980 31.309137127524362 1981 31.905333974050937 1982 34.310215635667305 1983 32.58411107778621 1984 35.478136111284385 1985 33.1747004260291 1986 33.52047371655215 1987 31.077868903463468 1988 31.495508394337573 1989 30.515438117185788 1990 30.705363499357414 1991 28.96382016493748 1992 29.437172583869604 1993 30.2768874036691 1994 31.33275999443524 1995 30.019118216258693 1996 29.598296470736322 1997 26.159156881717614 1998 26.699426039673753 1999 26.328823697998953 2000 26.476383971950234 2001 26.661605725373587 2002 27.18077152201136 2003 26.78949034862551 2004 26.507717857280795 2005 26.153184781829907 2006 26.410628504989486 2007 26.975503614796096 2008 29.176526779705174 2009 28.660549583143023 2010 27.67132752943027 2011 31.161287846582592 2012 29.876189690007347