Year % of GDP 1970 23.583293236120547 1971 23.654748603351955 1972 23.221637229259116 1973 24.80768888210296 1974 26.328167560640942 1975 25.605369987371198 1976 25.26540208574739 1977 23.97900819541693 1978 23.5851475482836 1979 23.72069775631594 1980 22.884248674397462 1981 20.737629373618002 1982 20.740292523421548 1983 20.57480719873932 1984 21.794248960933402 1985 21.808222929251333 1986 21.63155581985372 1987 22.476681543539527 1988 24.420271619849473 1989 25.551288763521335 1990 23.621768211371947 1991 20.782664831179414 1992 19.4053346623622 1993 18.537317975397535 1994 18.96472699799784 1995 18.08791505496892 1996 18.61365966551391 1997 17.1717161122503 1998 17.545100105057482 1999 17.49373111666641 2000 17.809370321380293 2001 17.742848791808992 2002 17.718238197675248 2003 17.51077217972335 2004 17.477735765746765 2005 17.59107602579162 2006 17.82827617221838 2007 18.147046846605384 2008 17.648845381526105 2009 16.145898571928498 2010 16.057288755794804 2011 15.711630648566393 2012 15.75635388614793 2013 15.967790919414988 2014 16.572331805291128 2015 17.37445935220885 2016 17.904897710184294 2017 18.248032876154515 2018 17.995784982047144 2019 18.19325750552504 2020 17.46376921790173 2021 17.68095586886443 2022 18.333259509948398 2023 18.26855305140768