Year % of GDP 1970 57.38949053187109 1971 62.6368346853305 1972 61.533093455142364 1973 56.74325107805883 1974 54.407179940926184 1975 68.78115624592851 1976 67.50546030792596 1977 71.43502518109119 1978 69.69966045599011 1979 69.96555639600842 1980 71.55013443690838 1981 74.27220742856872 1982 72.70610890874852 1983 71.38860493236837 1984 69.5812344723611 1985 70.65956796876091 1986 67.20707739502849 1987 68.87800862096391 1988 66.58868260362087 1989 63.54353989882506 1990 63.728023705378604 1991 63.203633063769985 1992 62.15085436231638 1993 60.278134128760954 1994 59.511341605484645 1995 60.13845914689391 1996 60.017681441482694 1997 58.307657812661205 1998 58.85019252642074 1999 56.36111947779804 2000 54.563409326892376 2001 56.15201561447793 2002 57.537894983722026 2003 57.97228283657398 2004 56.45283808406334 2005 54.91848250912306 2006 51.39504863856068 2007 48.81828370898251 2008 48.64431772417186 2009 51.499634718857976 2010 50.16896913322649 2011 50.46740929511243 2012 50.61095203957818 2013 49.62147177048731 2014 48.77008352866529 2015 48.50259235366119 2016 48.308228633654515 2017 49.409267348617774 2018 50.37654127920743 2019 50.832125223138455 2020 48.685552677413604 2021 47.85626096760044 2022 48.211487314424275 2023 51.20923410781103