Year % of GDP 1970 44.313855321966564 1971 46.23540258143823 1972 43.82775119617225 1973 41.540044317822094 1974 40.02284300195117 1975 44.76703104867201 1976 45.73691623831562 1977 45.25479630231802 1978 46.71684263716391 1979 48.032368916971514 1980 44.73820842266358 1981 44.530660347235056 1982 44.9219930977479 1983 42.4718378093675 1984 43.202206626221106 1985 43.423723747791016 1986 44.29850608584827 1987 46.72855516494152 1988 46.12102293220799 1989 46.42444103509103 1990 46.11378288992899 1991 46.609194022601244 1992 47.519493725948834 1993 48.935847022793396 1994 48.32160764373812 1995 46.73082343176584 1996 47.510391897871926 1997 49.22034700327691 1998 51.71716940151907 1999 54.220117375269595 2000 52.16181965738227 2001 52.65377659930402 2002 52.299552055275925 2003 51.28805476509809 2004 49.28496949228665 2005 46.820196943393775 2006 43.13178498797126 2007 42.50957194278245 2008 40.496023654550996 2009 43.50852617720366 2010 43.55243055100234 2011 41.01319172521599 2012 40.44349193863563 2013 40.21178175405237 2014 41.46535065784593 2015 45.97640028473995 2016 49.80233244778131 2017 48.7378533993764 2018 49.09409568802161 2019 50.71991512251065 2020 52.80726174751624 2021 50.57558389353973 2022 49.6031928895406 2023 51.31304715874817