Year % of GDP 1965 8.201385452746166 1966 9.571788413098236 1967 10.224632068164214 1968 10.28176898675126 1969 14.6387345019239 1970 13.092798594847777 1971 11.722419928825623 1972 11.07758903390831 1973 10.340143447076724 1974 9.090909090909092 1975 9.79794559205328 1976 9.813594676025561 1977 9.594308786771775 1978 12.75987343255596 1979 18.014011109626434 1980 24.254813834984294 1981 22.53161578730663 1982 25.60813398093472 1983 24.16016315655299 1984 21.12770413539214 1985 18.900692840646652 1986 18.215451820319377 1987 17.555649314010054 1988 16.738294095917684 1989 15.857255717750931 1990 17.99654426571862 1991 18.361465844848194 1992 20.31752973902084 1993 21.079339024951707 1994 23.59744009504666 1995 22.05543209358883 1996 20.853425470754875 1997 20.999200244419683 1998 21.783600167389334 1999 24.098274535404894 2000 24.76551243762106 2001 18.992355829694233 2002 18.262136628136684 2003 17.4987434621623 2004 20.186135626764543 2005 19.525461292524163 2006 21.267099514067542 2007 19.9537931219486 2008 19.332792525056217 2009 17.343912768057695