Year % of GDP 1970 25.820934873517672 1971 24.45638289293413 1972 23.08821514237424 1973 25.21384951843027 1974 23.176997507900584 1975 29.782972653619982 1976 32.10629908118223 1977 31.96641323058451 1978 36.53441965349148 1979 28.57212517589012 1980 22.80246202434196 1981 20.921629512108442 1982 18.22398854148708 1983 15.930251924600238 1984 16.798205522890743 1985 16.916237204423552 1986 20.56761123029206 1987 17.856039460033525 1988 13.819741683066585 1989 17.080085587591533 1990 18.76574357900156 1991 19.70396739959079 1992 19.818221697801533 1993 18.293310751894737 1994 20.54307747098976 1995 21.867778601261303 1996 18.108949544597493 1997 15.700310006851115 1998 18.26179038879039