Year % of GDP 1970 27.847094399730114 1971 26.970865501027212 1972 26.744280027300764 1973 26.989758108378215 1974 26.33637699152237 1975 23.80696471240668 1976 23.912657921700614 1977 23.422259977639982 1978 23.67598443647957 1979 23.38178480740437 1980 22.44095571351471 1981 21.242602184537134 1982 21.168796037712912 1983 21.295847131485782 1984 21.975699368510718 1985 21.958382053346316 1986 22.708718348792473 1987 22.130939104357378 1988 23.04719016848725 1989 23.535076244268176 1990 23.677237190686 1991 23.462807883947445 1992 22.617035678954313 1993 22.25457963298984 1994 23.007953730633375 1995 23.89158571764883 1996 23.48388371977913 1997 24.01878553365625 1998 24.477084984883845 1999 24.265594971927364 2000 24.406564384810448 2001 24.451085501695655 2002 24.381985617335527 2003 23.91452844908518 2004 24.365476110650572 2005 24.08028973546969 2006 24.785397211174224 2007 25.714963805438824 2008 24.866155592912147 2009 22.263302781943707 2010 22.764148388114393 2011 23.394605348273384 2012 23.14262244585345 2013 23.391958083536434 2014 24.079114307659225 2015 25.118456386223855 2016 25.31987936136735 2017 25.80576607590442 2018 26.007903226438085 2019 26.394786179132414 2020 26.103432349341283 2021 27.261744454864544 2022 26.517484750349052 2023 26.665428837888054