Year % of GDP 1974 8.732911915348323 1975 10.112372114348137 1976 10.62936618619248 1977 10.505316503091716 1978 11.269943897088558 1979 12.314447745981392 1980 11.7024781243222 1981 11.376033867530406 1982 11.95987281861206 1983 12.0777926988042 1984 13.142959684917999 1985 14.378945124947723 1986 15.338638236133374 1987 15.767218920059673 1988 15.519502503319298 1989 15.971533642043118 1990 15.484217078555437 1991 15.338979529172589 1992 15.116475956062104 1993 15.145108126071822 1994 14.603286530228035 1995 14.245725610318196 1996 14.080710542639299 1997 14.597482299813047 1998 14.40763022869797 1999 14.804038060781052 2000 15.41040259526842 2001 15.545625520477694 2002 16.05294821267944 2003 15.577593722297788 2004 15.133482999865702 2005 15.173983590343784 2006 15.18947956367647 2007 15.257860023557088 2008 17.22767043295221 2009 16.851892711600097 2010 16.505135951404878 2011 14.489839403044643 2012 16.166712404357227 2013 16.638682548697588 2014 14.803137644202549 2015 15.125690362283345 2016 15.271950025228204 2017 15.614109922097466 2018 15.663131915142317