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Economy of the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All other member states, apart from Denmark and the United Kingdom, which . per capita 2010 euro, GDP (PPP) per capita 2010. EU27 = 100, Eurozone . and the eurozone as a whole has a debt percentage exceeding 60% (see below).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union

European sovereign-debt crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2010 annual budget deficit and public debt, both relative to GDP for selected European countries .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sovereign-debt_crisis

Using data from the gdp vs debt (US debt) and the ge auto insurance company (annual global gold production), I come up with the following chart:
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European public debt at a glance - CNN.com
Jul 21, 2011 . Fourteen out of 27 countries in the European Union had public debt exceeding 60% of . Amount of government debt as percent of annual GDP (2010) . For the 17 euro zone countries, the debt is even higher, increasing from .
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/06/19/europe.debt.explainer/index.html

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