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# Spain: Europe's fifth largest economy by numbers
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## Spain's economy, the fifth largest in Europe, is struggling hampered by a
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property crash, large debts and high unemployment. Here is a snapshot of the
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economy
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![The main numbers on Europe's fifth largest economy, Spain.][1]
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Spain's unemployment rate of 19.7pc is the highest in Europe. Photo: AFP
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12:16PM GMT 15 Dec 2010
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**€560.5bn** - The amount of Spanish government debt.
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**53.2pc** - Government debt as a percentage of GDP.
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**78.7pc** - Eurozone government debt average.
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**€117.3bn** - Government deficit.
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**11.1pc** - Deficit as a proportion of GDP in 2009. Spain wants to reduce
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this to 9.3pc in 2010, and eventually to 3pc in 2013.
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## Related Articles
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* [Markets fall on Spain fears][3]
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15 Dec 2010
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**-3.6pc** - Real GDP growth in 2009.
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**€6bn **- The amount Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister,
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said Spain would slash its public spending by to avoid sliding into a debt
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crisis.
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**13,000 **- The amount of civil service jobs to be axed this year, with
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public sector wages frozen in 2011.
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**5pc **- The pay cut to be taken by remaining civil servants under these
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measures.
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**19.7pc** - Spain's unemployment rate, the highest in Europe.
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**12.8pc** - The amount Spanish house prices have fallen from the market's
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peak in 2008.
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**1.2pc** - Spain's underlying inflation rate, excluding energy and food
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costs.
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**0.3pc** - Amount Spanish economy will contract in 2010, according to IMF. It
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has forcast growth of 0.7pc in 2011.
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_Source: Bloomberg, IMF, Eurostat_
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## [Financial Crisis][9]
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