Year % of GDP 1970 8.549497088406563 1971 7.728098048116205 1972 8.814988290398126 1973 10.674889255624077 1974 10.45354696989275 1975 12.323417939588836 1976 11.64511122607346 1977 10.876408595282632 1978 11.719473408752364 1979 12.036276522929501 1980 13.280610083321564 1981 14.76453628063431 1982 15.402547664640744 1983 14.759796051586951 1984 15.588547189819725 1985 13.293817591154552 1986 12.141346852131166 1987 11.266536408099261 1988 11.54654411934508 1989 12.52254976589954 1990 15.62636445167673 1991 15.920295457568503 1992 17.1079667002291 1993 12.844574780058652 1994 13.32930541678787 1995 11.915763145239799 1996 12.200216088071624 1997 19.50975008063321 1998 18.362702648273086 1999 20.393668383806464 2000 21.148423219879454 2001 21.085225411385228 2002 20.70106865403086 2003 19.050580665588637 2004 18.613489192425043 2005 18.313938047813522 2006 19.463353600167846 2007 20.177236711488135