Quarter Percentage of GDP 1998-10-01 9.5 1999-01-01 9.7 1999-04-01 9.3 1999-07-01 8.8 1999-10-01 8.1 2000-01-01 7.6 2000-04-01 7.4 2000-07-01 7.3 2000-10-01 7.5 2001-01-01 7.3 2001-04-01 7.3 2001-07-01 7.3 2001-10-01 7.6 2002-01-01 7.3 2002-04-01 7.2 2002-07-01 7.2 2002-10-01 7.2 2003-01-01 6.9 2003-04-01 7.1 2003-07-01 7.2 2003-10-01 7.0 2004-01-01 6.4 2004-04-01 6.5 2004-07-01 6.6 2004-10-01 7.4 2005-01-01 7.1 2005-04-01 6.9 2005-07-01 7.0 2005-10-01 7.4 2006-01-01 7.7 2006-04-01 7.6 2006-07-01 7.6 2006-10-01 7.8 2007-01-01 7.7 2007-04-01 8.0 2007-07-01 7.8 2007-10-01 7.7 2008-01-01 8.1 2008-04-01 8.2 2008-07-01 8.2 2008-10-01 15.0 2009-01-01 15.0 2009-04-01 15.3 2009-07-01 15.9 2009-10-01 16.0 2010-01-01 16.3 2010-04-01 21.4 2010-07-01 21.3 2010-10-01 20.1 2011-01-01 19.7 2011-04-01 19.7 2011-07-01 19.7 2011-10-01 19.4 2012-01-01 22.4 2012-04-01 22.9 2012-07-01 23.0 2012-10-01 23.0 2013-01-01 24.8 2013-04-01 24.6 2013-07-01 28.9 2013-10-01 24.1 2014-01-01 23.9 2014-04-01 24.1 2014-07-01 24.1 2014-10-01 24.5 2015-01-01 24.5 2015-04-01 23.6 2015-07-01 23.7 2015-10-01 23.7 2016-01-01 24.5 2016-04-01 24.1 2016-07-01 23.8 2016-10-01 22.7 2017-01-01 25.6 2017-04-01 24.9 2017-07-01 24.9 2017-10-01 24.4 2018-01-01 23.5