Year % of GDP 1970 24.408021891241667 1971 23.82520374630299 1972 23.201807388250508 1973 27.21105427895259 1974 27.75999228876314 1975 23.95594835001922 1976 26.07828041714948 1977 25.448581715467856 1978 24.82750923425609 1979 24.979295972367616 1980 21.47293837439376 1981 19.369793931285653 1982 20.168303744055574 1983 21.092733459029542 1984 22.206908279674646 1985 22.019620669847423 1986 21.773842280611536 1987 22.718552081848387 1988 25.43783485872758 1989 26.07887088005197 1990 23.180752932157166 1991 19.774539713503486 1992 19.007512087715906 1993 18.54800913902681 1994 19.55785001529799 1995 18.68638073827985 1996 18.87695839418545 1997 17.73653379204011 1998 18.258269145449027 1999 18.070008281827523 2000 18.418681047138683 2001 18.29732099621772 2002 18.352597153526116 2003 17.93871897286412 2004 17.774264594140345 2005 17.99507988924389 2006 18.384036281672074 2007 18.644963185525143 2008 17.59425200803213 2009 14.965889765121688 2010 16.176215517922007 2011 15.92954366380166 2012 16.060196707153757 2013 16.560203125587684 2014 17.717719168822356 2015 17.869384607276682 2016 17.93472230241835 2017 18.48318496870561 2018 18.181446487113345 2019 18.378671403330735 2020 17.572357015769704 2021 17.930421846179577 2022 18.60341319427402 2023 17.753143995242606