The past year has seen no major changes in the overall figures presented in 2004.

Public sector spending amounts to 53 of the GDP.

Russia s budget surplus has stood at more than 7 of GDP in the last two years, public debt has dwindled to only 8 of GDP, from 100 in 1999, and the current account surplus has averaged at 10 of GDP for the last eight years.

In the first quarter of this year, the eurozone s public debt ratio actually rose, to 92.2 of GDP.

Even with a draconian austerity package, totaling 10 of GDP, its public debt would rise to 160 of GDP.

The Ifo Institute has forecast that GDP will contract by 2.2 in 2009.

China s accelerating inflation reflects a similar climb in its GDP growth rate, from the already high 11 in 2006 to 11.5 in 2007.

So, by the end of the year, we will see a slightly improved level of GDP, but the rate of GDP growth is likely to return to negative territory.

By last year, it had reached 1 trillion.

Household consumption only accounted for 34 of GDP and total consumption is less than 50 of GDP in 2007. That weakness, however, is institutional and cannot be easily corrected in the short run.

Meanwhile, Sweden s public debt was reduced from 73 of GDP to 39 of GDP, while taxes have been cut repeatedly.

Add the open public debt of 67 of GDP to this total, and the result is an overall German debt GDP ratio of about 340 .

The difference between the overall deficit and the primary deficit implies that the interest on the Greek national debt this year will be 4.1 of GDP.

For example, Egypt s fiscal deficit will exceed 11 of GDP this year.

The fiscal deficit in the United States this year is likely to exceed 10 of GDP.

BEIJING China s GDP growth this year may approach 10 .

As a fraction of the GDP, the Czech public debt is among the smallest ones in Central and Eastern Europe.

As a result, America s public debt has reached roughly 140 of GDP.

The US federal deficit is an alarming 12 of GDP, and public debt as a share of national income is already projected to double, to 80 of GDP.

Since 2003, Latin America s economies have been thriving, with GDP, including estimates for 2006, up by 17 an average annual growth rate of 4.3 and a 12 increase in per capita GDP.

But by 2006, both German exports and GDP were growing faster than in France and Italy.

Its trade balance is positive, and total public debt is not as high as it is in other countries.

France s debt GDP ratio is already around 90 even if its 2013 budget deficit does not exceed 3.5 of GDP, its debt GDP ratio will have climbed to 93 by the end of the year.

Measured over a five year period (2007 2012), the US has thus not done any better than the eurozone, although it has relied on a much larger dose of fiscal expansion.

Domestic public debt today stands at roughly 205 of GDP, compared to around 85 in 1995.

Over the last year, funding corresponding to 4 of the region s GDP and, in some countries, as much as 15 of GDP has been withdrawn.

Whereas Chile, for example, recorded a slight fiscal deficit in 2003, by 2006 it boasted an almost 8 of GDP surplus.

Brazil s GDP grew by only 1 last year, and may not grow by more than 2 this year, with its potential growth barely above 3 .

GDP per capita was US 67 in 1953, immediately following the Korean War, and rose to only US 79 in 1960.

The increase in Canada s public spending as a share of GDP since 2000 has been the smallest of the four countries

Most analysts forecast that GDP will contract in the first half of 2008 and recover in the second half of the year.

But real per capita GDP in the US is now three times higher than it was in 1958.

Last year, Chinese GDP growth reached a 13 year low, and no upturn is in sight.

In 2006, Ireland s GDP may grow by 5.2 , Finland s by 5.8 and Spain s by 3.7 .

We also share the Secretary General's overall assessment that, while concrete steps have been taken in some areas, the progress is uneven.

The Government has resolved to increase public spending in education to at least six per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

India s overall public debt GDP ratio has been on a declining trend, from 73.2 in 2006 07 to 66 in 2012 13 (and the central government s debt GDP ratio is only 46 ).

All the eurozone countries, except Luxembourg and Finland, reported fiscal deficits in excess of 3 of GDP in 2009, while Greece, Spain, and Ireland ran deficits of more than 10 . Within a single year, eurozone governments general debt increased by almost 10 percentage points (78.7 of GDP in 2009, compared with 69.3 in 2008).

One can assume that next year s total spending on military affairs will be even bigger.

Greek public debt today stands at nearly 160 of the country s official GDP.

One surprise is that there has been relatively little change in the ranking of countries by real per capita GDP since 2000.

This spring, the State Environmental Protection Administration produced the country s first official estimate of GDP adjusted downward for environmental losses.

On a cyclically adjusted basis, Greece s overall budget would show a surplus of 0.6 of GDP this year.

Government spending on health has been increased, and it will be raised to two to three per cent of GDP over the next year.

Overall public debt, to which each year s deficit adds another hefty dollop, is projected to exceed 100 of GDP in 2011, up from around 40 in the late 1970 s.