Year % of GDP 1970 10.609860844848425 1971 11.832049452335172 1972 11.871560747240164 1973 11.3899880317029 1974 11.576093321015444 1975 15.082581720451632 1976 14.881796084205334 1977 16.04125802094088 1978 15.801636586925763 1979 16.14130880707317 1980 16.857102721347683 1981 17.587071746663476 1982 16.602744435389436 1983 15.93555855264833 1984 15.521119161824048 1985 15.90180368752707 1986 15.544514121995324 1987 16.43895366767541 1988 15.631137400898812 1989 15.227307033289817 1990 15.575462650879201 1991 15.08223229300261 1992 15.689717818124663 1993 15.595259738315168 1994 15.153544452642006 1995 15.70156018189906 1996 16.060187487131444 1997 15.737915443988514 1998 15.264680670440017 1999 14.988043221647674 2000 14.495475881934707 2001 15.333220351233626 2002 15.955835438465826 2003 16.369375147341774 2004 16.375606181148957 2005 16.582425684553336 2006 15.171368464913506 2007 14.428866680837043 2008 14.489217439262452 2009 16.08100772884142 2010 15.785800508292924 2011 16.04478990880361 2012 16.304090607970494 2013 16.350342296056898 2014 16.051453562046554 2015 15.968164191904357 2016 15.6742178009036 2017 16.219360886072504 2018 16.803666675515462 2019 17.23898833232164 2020 18.472456262075788 2021 17.471945468862586 2022 17.63871325568497 2023 18.989741244763465