Year % of GDP 1972 8.288601295317424 1973 8.566336530752794 1974 8.105885712684321 1975 11.681945180960833 1976 10.85353300457573 1977 15.198615474904715 1978 12.318413325191695 1979 7.133026408748071 1980 7.699164191360672 1981 7.814580214833472 1982 8.187748001457672 1983 7.955616950190933 1984 5.578817049539358 1985 4.3256441101204235 1986 4.037188438636724 1987 3.6041299635540454 1988 3.127767106222417 1989 3.0845861811403563 1990 4.519495299909122 1991 4.551417750182351 1992 4.540696970208313 1993 6.344861241685532 1994 6.847411126371422 1995 6.8323399721541795 1996 6.463846090763551 1997 6.008116868680884 1998 4.493027734326495 1999 5.796257585936251 2000 4.382549860281204 2001 3.5128441506733727 2002 5.866670259430695 2003 5.450237144475072 2004 4.510125164791919 2005 6.423144389133656 2006 6.58971966972717 2007 5.2150674125720275 2008 5.896486684378519 2009 5.287225463768822