A look at debt levels in the 17-nation eurozone

The EU's statistics office estimates that the debt level across the 17-nation eurozone fell to 87.4 percent of gross domestic product at the end of the third quarter of 2011 from 87.7 percent at the end of the previous quarter.

Here are the figures for each country.

Greece 159.1 percent, up from 154.7 percent

Italy 119.6 percent, down from 121.2 percent

Portugal 110.1 percent, up from 106.5 percent

Ireland 104.9 percent, up from 102.3 percent

Belgium 98.5 percent, up from 98.0 percent

France 85.2 percent, down from 86.0 percent

Germany 81.8 percent, down from 82.0 percent

Austria 71.6 percent, down from 72.2 percent

Malta 70.3 percent, down from 71.9 percent

Cyprus 67.5 percent, unchanged

Spain 66.0 percent, unchanged

Netherlands 64.5 percent, up from 63.8 percent

Finland 47.2 percent, up from 45.6 percent

Slovenia 44.4 percent, down from 44.5 percent

Slovakia 42.2 percent, down from 42.7 percent

Luxembourg 18.5 percent, down from 18.8 percent

Estonia 6.1 percent, down from 6.3 percent

Source: Eurostat