Year % of GDP 1971 4.568597463333246 1972 4.567196701089356 1973 4.853910774940242 1974 5.232215609564934 1975 6.144641965745759 1976 6.4432862863075995 1977 6.686080950982625 1978 6.905789856483843 1979 7.236975962460248 1980 7.675529551287542 1981 7.886577898959505 1982 7.7845679369645575 1983 7.427647006078872 1984 7.281358220848107 1985 7.1073674438540735 1986 7.162374072006954 1987 7.343584067066721 1988 7.32327748260252 1989 7.491453726256601 1990 7.951302549772733 1991 8.045843245538794 1992 8.310930933004405 1993 8.375876998834865 1994 8.317477596172079 1995 8.607726456763121 1996 7.84726573732964 1997 8.144205006637698 1998 8.577375698279887 1999 8.92302828767768 2000 9.300407204487138 2001 9.386197585037788 2002 9.745361855246017 2003 9.892374745762726 2004 10.626538413936977 2005 11.371024953509464 2006 11.974170990516349 2007 12.794267699808266 2008 13.38411727366202 2009 12.844698545405866 2010 13.088820831131162 2011 13.420992228636953 2012 13.711506873731697 2013 14.293747472633829 2014 15.027550189764131 2015 15.328732115666128 2016 15.268900502964684 2017 15.768953350763006 2018 16.174588968630218 2019 16.501117668801694 2020 14.48520147167779 2021 15.123439948502003 2022 16.55013963228633 2023 16.98821150699043