Year % of GDP 1968 17.17436038284623 1969 17.556201158575007 1970 18.16283884790325 1971 18.346672049152836 1972 18.055949273063966 1973 17.885238707927083 1974 17.01558159704556 1975 16.927225370919327 1976 16.510466788728692 1977 15.861260343559758 1978 16.250213207552736 1979 16.785707270074976 1980 15.814097787472544 1981 16.34608688096213 1982 15.56404936301217 1983 15.928974134584767 1984 16.196748460209054 1985 15.948366416215116 1986 16.215632786246363 1987 16.75596238779041 1988 17.803901184832046 1989 17.491988475036315 1990 17.956251804217846 1991 17.91286220034258 1992 17.681115030646406 1993 18.063520351874498 1994 18.084294410607352 1995 18.38660933496626 1996 18.508222155541095 1997 18.966907620026713 1998 18.648388030807894 1999 18.005613898733305 2000 17.961937401924015 2001 17.354449808717813 2002 17.478073104489155 2003 17.144496978333905 2004 16.912535040942558 2005 16.52181017166445 2006 16.831380148197574 2007 16.40251090134755 2008 16.165874093953875 2009 15.928504486332502 2010 15.61078800811542 2011 15.46726318965681 2012 15.469280512938294 2013 15.217834950747013 2014 15.31793182008154 2015 16.879612957708712 2016 16.741155465257794 2017 16.70532188434497 2018 16.84874420996029 2019 16.451777841792175 2020 16.784153874169345 2021 17.258674994670802 2022 17.147550046202234 2023 16.85578848036974