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The government debt to GDP ratio in the Euro Area fell to 95.6 percent at the end of 2021 from a downwardly revised 97.2 percent in 2020. Government expenditure was equivalent to 52.4% of GDP in 2021 (vs 53.6% in 2020) and government revenue to 47.3% (vs 46.5% in 2020). Considering the European Union as a whole, the government debt to GDP decreased to 88.1% from 90%. The lowest ratios of government debt to GDP were recorded in Estonia (18.1%), Luxembourg (24.4%), Bulgaria (25.1%), Denmark and Sweden (both 36.7%). Fourteen Member States had government debt ratios higher than 60% of GDP, with the highest registered in Greece (193.3%), Italy (150.8%), Portugal (127.4%), Spain (118.4%), France (112.9%), Belgium (108.2%) and Cyprus (103.6%).