Year % of GDP 1970 54.37226492684831 1971 53.62495318000927 1972 53.69602097881142 1973 53.988079394520426 1974 54.473000117876644 1975 56.76491038570126 1976 57.91082514404423 1977 58.764728613070616 1978 58.08981438086713 1979 58.748608030341956 1980 58.65518333116903 1981 58.45164426361683 1982 58.52067159691222 1983 59.39033935654518 1984 58.21620277159496 1985 57.57354484893876 1986 57.11011419989763 1987 57.088574258053924 1988 55.88833809341204 1989 54.75438274642852 1990 53.997805577660706 1991 55.41818594902195 1992 56.62494551388436 1993 56.62092058938168 1994 55.850565445729174 1995 56.34086539677322 1996 57.192819498028314 1997 57.760743790783984 1998 57.47885387128528 1999 57.822711929482104 2000 56.66732842736888 2001 56.77554044788615 2002 56.90473055086237 2003 57.17474769856389 2004 56.8537499914388 2005 56.11535327708606 2006 54.36508510689142 2007 53.01300420649711 2008 52.53663764598635 2009 54.03003238891283 2010 53.310695716124876 2011 52.88843556780299 2012 52.92395797029224 2013 52.98976804521338 2014 52.504050616847906 2015 52.8681404124669 2016 52.853582522135035 2017 53.37112118430638 2018 52.47275813562457 2019 52.40412801280618 2020 51.88965925106375 2021 49.63260050700131 2022 50.38778267049684 2023 51.608615708419215