Among the countries that experienced growing fiscal vulnerability during this period some were highly indebted while some experienced a large debt increase. The former group includes the United Kingdom, Malta, Austria, France, Belgium, Japan, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Israel, and Canada all of which had a Debt/GDP ratio higher than 60 per cent in 2012. The latter includes Finland, Romania, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic that experienced an increase of the Debt/GDP ratio above the average (see Figs.