Year % of GDP 1970 51.13589889291781 1971 51.56925376335375 1972 51.53096874135144 1973 51.921232013978916 1974 51.310651367678794 1975 52.582777829317074 1976 52.41036401999965 1977 53.29382846867535 1978 53.0402559927922 1979 54.175428695004335 1980 54.71076828799926 1981 56.2812533362594 1982 57.08373078665626 1983 57.604126247489695 1984 56.50604167269907 1985 57.27060060943662 1986 56.41432785435095 1987 56.086566126388995 1988 54.791177998339315 1989 54.19578497072847 1990 54.17739614414896 1991 54.77539841300073 1992 54.13377304031498 1993 53.657942792573564 1994 53.31171004005837 1995 53.06008719691423 1996 53.47886083669992 1997 52.66403839331731 1998 52.916855455030834 1999 52.072819837264696 2000 52.3121863010792 2001 52.405490156615706 2002 51.53627058006798 2003 51.193455765678685 2004 50.24157763113433 2005 50.18833199586115 2006 50.04817754185357 2007 49.645668500772224 2008 50.724292814841284 2009 51.37283503928736 2010 51.438081335550656 2011 51.542632108388005 2012 51.94377052665542 2013 52.461184076562816 2014 51.811114201794375 2015 51.33894438559602 2016 51.29154611887456 2017 51.47213763124646 2018 51.7780862461276 2019 51.322125478559414 2020 49.39307570843662 2021 48.77916282526593 2022 50.67927768656747 2023 51.35983666122854