Year % of GDP 1970 27.986452529225392 1971 30.569404355812125 1972 28.858362043336072 1973 30.063573671571948 1974 31.79433298532375 1975 34.75842163760045 1976 37.09023603016536 1977 37.21986894029905 1978 31.778651588645562 1979 30.486830417702652 1980 27.896279679149426 1981 28.171325404848595 1982 28.333147838990914 1983 28.897137151206366 1984 27.519023230651985 1985 25.981593237577393 1986 28.809338869107354 1987 29.120896429842773 1988 29.675763909384955 1989 26.85130306673666 1990 22.835032092614497 1991 21.749883240706403 1992 20.877439604079733 1993 21.301003856670732 1994 21.62482362617889 1995 21.439087648914278 1996 21.822424412518775 1997 23.551001454430757 1998 26.503781528130943 1999 23.45192871801229 2000 19.799460882149475 2001 19.499038748764928 2002 19.389059198475845 2003 18.841570228342555 2004 19.58975976484839 2005 20.29922329931794 2006 20.868940266649165 2007 23.491403599904075 2008 22.485455554347887 2009 23.153019700685984 2010 20.637833443555206 2011 21.381928155480086 2012 22.305219903442143 2013 23.432055100822403 2014 23.708732054389685 2015 23.689573421106687 2016 25.058511858820587 2017 24.35633201859828 2018 23.774213417786427 2019 26.626821654090687 2020 27.436557058564382 2021 22.94585644405519 2022 19.68841261415615 2023 23.396051077098623