Year % of GDP 1970 71.88334758014742 1971 73.16184918877657 1972 74.14479329221723 1973 74.35538080177109 1974 75.52603763352602 1975 79.10085844428943 1976 78.47381455592662 1977 78.72721424884665 1978 78.2610354367781 1979 78.4771342091603 1980 79.71472591922357 1981 80.82046989019223 1982 80.41778332482275 1983 80.27388341724787 1984 79.87035353258356 1985 79.17480721895456 1986 77.58626188911454 1987 78.2211010316264 1988 77.48321077230212 1989 76.61434071750993 1990 75.44203287005249 1991 74.71522260058015 1992 75.24141334618051 1993 76.01134280280316 1994 75.50599874286027 1995 75.26641366824835 1996 76.02327493780511 1997 75.54659256048747 1998 74.75069747123241 1999 75.44394701575155 2000 75.34377385507494 2001 75.41297283364172 2002 74.97334085491238 2003 75.78910005109492 2004 74.96039814012694 2005 75.31444603222465 2006 74.01319871870126 2007 71.84897281510672 2008 72.48023750338702 2009 76.43243530561428 2010 74.67189206052099 2011 73.45661503734834 2012 74.18382623456003 2013 74.18777455670764 2014 73.01127610224668 2015 72.6618046514087 2016 72.65569074309192 2017 71.94884854124071 2018 71.98255805315782 2019 72.19348264735429 2020 72.22411883433763 2021 71.38547872119864 2022 73.00378403893923 2023 72.26708014248415