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In France, the level of debt is expected also to rise from 94.0% to 96.2% and in Spain - from 91.3% to 96.8%. In Slovenia, too, a rise is expected of government indebtedness from 61.0% to 66.5%. With the lowest debt level in the eurozone is Luxembourg - 23.4% of gross domestic product, but the forecast shows an increase in 2014 to 25.2%. The general indebtedness in the euro area this year will be 95.5% and next year - 96.0%. In the non-euro countries the rosiest situation is in Estonia, which has the lowest public debt level of all the 27 EU member states. This year, its debt is expected to be 10.2% and next year to drop to 9.6%, the Commission estimates. The next country with second lowest debt level is Bulgaria* with 17.9% expected this year, but next year the Commission forecasts an increase to 20.3% of GDP. With the highest level of debt in the non-euro countries will be Hungary - 79.7% of GDP in 2013, but next year it is expected the debt to start declining and to be 78.9%.
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