Year % of GDP 1972 22.986583710162144 1973 24.487557345735627 1974 25.62786747699427 1975 28.324351492798495 1976 28.395736194755376 1977 28.85616523077368 1978 30.007943834121622 1979 30.53685496108005 1980 31.80827384833471 1981 31.782432445904128 1982 33.08726975119572 1983 33.25438232554463 1984 33.43803341047901 1985 33.68108340879004 1986 35.50039430264375 1987 35.846310138016285 1988 34.52329142137501 1989 33.97730084579482 1990 34.18590237695482 1991 36.69536137372634 1992 38.05548599100888 1993 39.30974549424359 1994 38.73821694781732 1995 43.98494368016584 1996 41.4082916542958 1997 40.53711393925151 1998 39.125822093688285 1999 38.846045511455024 2000 37.957470612598115 2001 37.908759477789204 2002 38.1518420599067 2003 38.50673134098881 2004 37.80194996810597 2005 37.91375305407599 2006 37.33368938571521 2007 36.59072347148714 2008 37.372441479799924 2009 40.684679854149266 2010 41.15655128068556 2011 39.47247787435134 2012 39.6343040600985 2013 39.52436651401541 2014 39.06824821761527 2015 38.376546409902936 2016 37.925635614976876 2017 37.524616881106354 2018 37.18876816513593 2019 37.11100953069652 2020 43.07697990932151 2021 42.13754256933145 2022 40.61829080372701