Year % of GDP 1972 26.296241443166764 1973 25.358371056534207 1974 25.83739512815914 1975 29.655064923267176 1976 30.08034626518669 1977 30.199654025229105 1978 32.457711203194414 1979 35.44890806071557 1980 33.827907624168255 1981 35.857411333835344 1982 37.220302372945 1983 41.581296046405754 1984 44.08985344904519 1985 41.56786335328608 1986 39.79376123372319 1987 37.85439609923256 1988 41.355008066477886 1989 42.763515647467685 1990 43.73468201225407 1991 44.97423480700615 1992 46.993176937451686 1993 44.368999664709605 1994 48.09373882566635 1995 50.594191219419706 1996 48.87676269270821 1997 52.30048337954325 1998 51.34960865138252 1999 48.91225772643879 2000 46.37486398168146 2001 40.081772000628256 2002 38.42802088915963 2003 39.398793615194 2004 40.61435064574016 2005 43.62664151036996 2006 48.16852073607318 2007 49.970919838468966 2008 44.358468880677734 2009 43.86310602134227 2010 50.591580905800704 2011 48.80921090043095 2012 47.253102209668604 2013 45.51569710627191 2014 47.29504779947457 2015 44.0462153091754 2016 44.885009882464985 2017 46.11666277084734 2018 41.71553010268315 2019 40.904524288876594 2020 40.971327601179745 2021 44.01379271500127 2022 41.75333304779918 2023 40.86718771930989