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The chart that explains who Greece actually owes money to

The chart that explains who Greece actually owes money to

Greece owes a lot of money for its nationwide bailouts in 2010 and 2012, even if the new Syriza government is still debating what to pay back.

The vast majority of the €323 billion (£233.3 billion) debt is owed to the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank, as this nifty graphic shows:

Austerity in Greece has left nearly one million people with severely limited access to healthcare and unemployment levels reaching 28 per cent.

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