Year % of GDP 1972 23.007711478013672 1973 22.94949048797004 1974 24.169143713853963 1975 24.523709179167394 1976 26.645960436431444 1977 29.70679796669829 1978 31.87809774736783 1979 33.47638628021011 1980 33.68261039455174 1981 36.43455520953126 1982 37.10093161704237 1983 38.89310465110187 1984 37.683281118923354 1985 38.80508072906521 1986 37.31783337136691 1987 35.74166925295286 1988 34.53423465304542 1989 33.98712263899526 1990 35.17386978154769 1991 36.628073375912784 1992 39.70759515114345 1993 44.21656457522499 1994 41.94829967695078 1995 42.58535232038633 1996 40.121312551305074 1997 38.316215406964105 1998 37.47415701110825 1999 36.4229271528209 2000 34.53466996048005 2001 33.23915388673943 2002 33.627983447868175 2003 33.70474609134431 2004 32.71524849533283 2005 33.09941540419333 2006 31.97876904270409 2007 31.181545641660126 2008 31.546810860742152 2009 33.767123882164526 2010 33.05952768385549 2011 32.23856294621242 2012 32.84477033121868 2013 33.56713146383772 2014 33.01510495325254 2015 32.13450628686507 2016 31.947295500303397 2017 31.635984047026938 2018 31.705509137159076 2019 31.230712653766552 2020 34.75754276339684 2021 32.78224708460204 2022 31.660652316291028