Year % of general government expenditure 1996 5.142023826412586 1997 4.573332966561646 1998 4.622073854020214 1999 4.6217726122956355 2000 4.9224168996315605 2001 5.015584022418471 2002 4.746617987337954 2003 4.204162733693702 2004 4.375650505671858 2005 4.293546200829904 2006 4.100186758346354 2007 4.207374281391037 2008 4.1374119280550765 2009 4.369944581830258 2010 4.155793526808596 2011 3.9637136537376763 2012 3.9806367155749363 2013 3.949848685568133 2014 3.8113133808795823 2015 3.763344456559551 2016 3.6916887376148786 2017 3.8744263807480874 2018 3.939759873372354 2019 3.9175646032683917 2020 3.837007965683937 2021 3.699219218650171 2022 3.2988540061260228