Year % of GDP 1972 17.789227166276348 1973 18.95248849127074 1974 17.864065124693113 1975 20.225106236361547 1976 19.948266942576307 1977 21.26921848624481 1978 22.617657715689038 1979 21.796714579055443 1980 20.991385397542718 1981 21.638635271504082 1982 22.781200566147696 1983 23.067694641943508 1984 22.97891585053958 1985 21.999629539917073 1986 22.516898497290654 1987 20.561771184647743 1988 20.50088908389719 1989 20.15140929519599 1990 19.95340107436412 1991 20.38441074753924 1992 20.49935063987509 1993 21.007979267544158 1994 20.7641427107969 1995 20.48581381437737 1996 19.837619254915744 1997 18.441033151145863 1998 19.183163830429965 1999 19.131166454779944 2000 19.292368533706604 2001 19.59749766902704 2002 19.540624658067184 2003 18.745264776723623 2004 18.67219382828894 2005 18.877504716868476 2006 18.51071548773718 2007 19.06787393837299 2008 20.49980822532439 2009 20.048161807311867 2010 19.199750829309007 2011 20.174855935005432 2012 20.11548772384712