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<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
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            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center" id="gm"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="gm"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">2</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/gm.html"><STRONG>Germany</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$     267,100,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" id="ja"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="ja"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">3</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/ja.html"><STRONG>Japan</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$     187,800,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center" id="sa"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="sa"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">4</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/sa.html"><STRONG>Saudi Arabia</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$     151,000,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" id="rs"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="rs"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">5</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/rs.html"><STRONG>Russia</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$      97,600,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html"><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" id="fr"><TBODY><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">187</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/fr.html"><STRONG>France</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$     -58,000,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center" id="it"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="it"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">188</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/it.html"><STRONG>Italy</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$     -68,820,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" id="uk"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="uk"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">189</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/uk.html"><STRONG>United Kingdom</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$     -72,540,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center" id="sp"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="sp"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">190</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/sp.html"><STRONG>Spain</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$    -152,500,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN>
</DIV>
            </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" id="us"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4"><A name="us"></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="60" class="currentRow">191</TD><TD width="215" align="left" class="region"><A href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/../geos/us.html"><STRONG>United States</STRONG></A></TD><TD width="160" align="center" class="category_data"><DIV align="right">$    -568,800,000,000</DIV></TD><TD width="155" align="right"><DIV align="left">
<SPAN class="category_data">2008 est.</SPAN></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8A376F39-AA33-4F8D-8DCD-637793D571EC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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