Year % of GDP 1968 7.747413230258634 1969 7.708312921083313 1970 8.21555500454583 1971 6.781028011291373 1972 5.949171160375474 1973 5.248718504079128 1974 4.859319174275506 1975 5.000303895946028 1976 4.573780649730017 1977 4.211134096305842 1978 4.433963301340194 1979 4.938846299123792 1980 3.9847930417752897 1981 4.730439692829425 1982 4.780196979445458 1983 6.140877639551142 1984 7.566930291917126 1985 7.775338942064956 1986 7.506676603937644 1987 8.805942710426852 1988 8.82521125865684 1989 8.48669009844146 1990 8.303501503887407 1991 8.282509653133431 1992 8.756432681332466 1993 8.813872460915928 1994 9.049048851312644 1995 9.29417681904549 1996 9.488194873365636 1997 9.771146872093883 1998 10.17826775773608 1999 9.94477597911744 2000 9.227065307782253 2001 9.603832496278146 2002 9.881550781832349 2003 10.318567515034987 2004 10.102310356875261 2005 9.362586541281846 2006 9.439592601015521 2007 9.768306553581635 2008 8.808262510786266 2009 10.64745447347831 2010 10.828376945006934 2011 9.933553507949144 2012 9.726927676651197 2013 9.89981577592013 2014 10.831780746438326 2015 12.83363990430843 2016 13.198278278278277 2017 13.293637621539368 2018 12.56954618231896 2019 12.489116325098946 2020 12.637873672107345 2021 13.207192613980418 2022 14.435875792581587 2023 14.788122003199252