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			Public debt (% of GDP) 
					
			 
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				Algeria
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			18.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Angola
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			32.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Argentina
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			62.2% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Aruba
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			46.3% of GDP (2005) 
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				Australia
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			14.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Austria
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			63% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Azerbaijan
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			10.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Bahrain
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			34.2% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Bangladesh
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			46.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Belgium
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			90.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Bhutan
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			81.4% of GDP (2004) 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina
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			24.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Botswana
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			7.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Brazil
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			50.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Bulgaria
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			23.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Cameroon
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			28.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Canada
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			65.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Chile
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			3.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				China
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			22.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Colombia
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			45.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Costa Rica
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			53.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Cote d'Ivoire
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			69.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Croatia
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			56.2% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Cyprus
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			Republic of Cyprus: 68.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Czech Republic
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			29.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Denmark
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			28.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Dominican Republic
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			45.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Ecuador
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			36% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Egypt
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			102.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				El Salvador
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			44.2% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Equatorial Guinea
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			4.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Estonia
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			3.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Ethiopia
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			78.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Finland
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			37.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				France
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			64.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Gabon
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			28.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Germany
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			66.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Ghana
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			38.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Greece
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			104.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Guatemala
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			25.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Honduras
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			67.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Hong Kong
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			1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Hungary
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			68.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Iceland
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			23.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				India
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			52.8% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2006 est.) 
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				Indonesia
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			43.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Iran
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			25.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Ireland
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			22.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Israel
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			91% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Italy
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			107.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Jamaica
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			129.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Japan
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			175.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Jordan
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			79.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Kazakhstan
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			11% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Kenya
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			50.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Korea, South
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			21.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Kuwait
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			8.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Latvia
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			11% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Lebanon
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			209% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Libya
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			5.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Lithuania
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			18% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Macedonia
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			27.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Malawi
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			68.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Malaysia
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			46.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Mauritius
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			57.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Mexico
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			20.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Moldova
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			84.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Montenegro
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			% of GDP NA 
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				Morocco
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			70.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Mozambique
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			23.2% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Namibia
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			31.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Netherlands
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			50.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				New Zealand
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			19.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Nicaragua
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			82.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Nigeria
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			10.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Norway
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			44.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Oman
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			4.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Pakistan
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			55% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Panama
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			61.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Papua New Guinea
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			53.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Paraguay
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			30.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Peru
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			33.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Philippines
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			69.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Poland
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			49% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Portugal
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			65.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Qatar
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			23.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Romania
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			21.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Russia
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			8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Saudi Arabia
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			32.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Senegal
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			17.8% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Serbia
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			53.1% of GDP (2005 est.) 
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				Seychelles
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			166.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Singapore
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			100.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Slovakia
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			36.1% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Slovenia
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			29% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				South Africa
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			32.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Spain
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			39.9% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Sri Lanka
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			90.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Sudan
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			59.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Sweden
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			46.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Switzerland
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			51% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Syria
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			38% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Taiwan
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			34.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Tanzania
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			30.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Thailand
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			43.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Trinidad and Tobago
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			36.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Tunisia
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			57.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Turkey
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			64.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Uganda
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			29.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Ukraine
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			17.3% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				United Arab Emirates
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			17.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				United Kingdom
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			42.2% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				United States
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			64.7% of GDP (2005 est.) 
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				Uruguay
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			70.6% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Uzbekistan
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			29.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Venezuela
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			28.4% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Vietnam
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			47.5% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Wallis and Futuna
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			5.6% of GDP (2004 est.) 
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				Yemen
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			30% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Zambia
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			65.7% of GDP (2006 est.) 
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				Zimbabwe
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			108.4% of GDP (2006 est.)  		
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