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Compare Government Debt, Country vs Country

Every comparison page puts two governments side by side with live debt counters and the four measures that matter: total government debt, debt-to-GDP, debt per citizen, and how fast the debt is growing per second. Any two of the 135 countries tracked here, or the EU, can be paired — 18,360 comparisons in all, each computed at the moment you load it from each country's baseline figure. Figures on this page were computed on October 22, 2026.

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Biggest debtors, head to head

🇺🇸 United States vs 🇨🇳 China $40.37 trillion vs $21.88 trillion · 1.8× as much · 124% vs 99% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇪🇺 European Union $40.37 trillion vs $18.78 trillion · 2.1× as much · 124% vs 83% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇯🇵 Japan $40.37 trillion vs $8.75 trillion · 4.6× as much · 124% vs 205% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom $40.37 trillion vs $4.30 trillion · 9.4× as much · 124% vs 102% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇫🇷 France $40.37 trillion vs $4.15 trillion · 9.7× as much · 124% vs 116% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇮🇹 Italy $40.37 trillion vs $3.68 trillion · 11.0× as much · 124% vs 137% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇩🇪 Germany $40.37 trillion vs $3.47 trillion · 11.6× as much · 124% vs 63% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇮🇳 India $40.37 trillion vs $3.36 trillion · 12.0× as much · 124% vs 84% of GDP 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇨🇦 Canada $40.37 trillion vs $2.83 trillion · 14.3× as much · 124% vs 114% of GDP 🇨🇳 China vs 🇪🇺 European Union $21.88 trillion vs $18.78 trillion · 1.2× as much · 99% vs 83% of GDP 🇪🇺 European Union vs 🇯🇵 Japan $18.78 trillion vs $8.75 trillion · 2.1× as much · 83% vs 205% of GDP 🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom $8.75 trillion vs $4.30 trillion · 2.0× as much · 205% vs 102% of GDP 🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇫🇷 France $4.30 trillion vs $4.15 trillion · 1.0× as much · 102% vs 116% of GDP 🇫🇷 France vs 🇮🇹 Italy $4.15 trillion vs $3.68 trillion · 1.1× as much · 116% vs 137% of GDP

Popular comparisons

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All countries (A-Z)

Each link opens that country's comparison against 🇺🇸 United States, the largest sovereign debtor. Use the picker above for any other pairing.

🇦🇱 Albania🇩🇿 Algeria🇦🇴 Angola🇦🇷 Argentina🇦🇲 Armenia🇦🇺 Australia🇦🇹 Austria🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇧🇸 Bahamas🇧🇭 Bahrain🇧🇩 Bangladesh🇧🇧 Barbados🇧🇾 Belarus🇧🇪 Belgium🇧🇿 Belize🇧🇴 Bolivia🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina🇧🇷 Brazil🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇧🇫 Burkina Faso🇰🇭 Cambodia🇨🇲 Cameroon🇨🇦 Canada🇹🇩 Chad🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇳 China🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇭🇷 Croatia🇨🇾 Cyprus🇨🇿 Czech Republic🇩🇰 Denmark🇩🇴 Dominican Republic🇪🇨 Ecuador🇪🇬 Egypt🇸🇻 El Salvador🇪🇪 Estonia🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇪🇺 European Union🇫🇮 Finland🇫🇷 France🇬🇪 Georgia🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇭 Ghana🇬🇷 Greece🇬🇹 Guatemala🇬🇾 Guyana🇭🇹 Haiti🇭🇳 Honduras🇭🇺 Hungary🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇳 India🇮🇩 Indonesia🇮🇷 Iran🇮🇶 Iraq🇮🇪 Ireland🇮🇱 Israel🇮🇹 Italy🇨🇮 Ivory Coast🇯🇲 Jamaica🇯🇵 Japan🇯🇴 Jordan🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇰🇪 Kenya🇰🇼 Kuwait🇱🇦 Laos🇱🇻 Latvia🇱🇧 Lebanon🇱🇾 Libya🇱🇹 Lithuania🇱🇺 Luxembourg🇲🇬 Madagascar🇲🇾 Malaysia🇲🇱 Mali🇲🇹 Malta🇲🇽 Mexico🇲🇩 Moldova🇲🇳 Mongolia🇲🇪 Montenegro🇲🇦 Morocco🇲🇿 Mozambique🇲🇲 Myanmar🇳🇵 Nepal🇳🇱 Netherlands🇳🇿 New Zealand🇳🇮 Nicaragua🇳🇪 Niger🇳🇬 Nigeria🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇳🇴 Norway🇴🇲 Oman🇵🇰 Pakistan🇵🇦 Panama🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea🇵🇾 Paraguay🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇭 Philippines🇵🇱 Poland🇵🇹 Portugal🇶🇦 Qatar🇷🇴 Romania🇷🇺 Russia🇷🇼 Rwanda🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇸🇳 Senegal🇷🇸 Serbia🇸🇬 Singapore🇸🇰 Slovakia🇸🇮 Slovenia🇸🇴 Somalia🇿🇦 South Africa🇰🇷 South Korea🇪🇸 Spain🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇸🇩 Sudan🇸🇷 Suriname🇸🇪 Sweden🇨🇭 Switzerland🇸🇾 Syria🇹🇼 Taiwan🇹🇿 Tanzania🇹🇭 Thailand🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago🇹🇳 Tunisia🇹🇷 Turkey🇦🇪 UAE🇺🇬 Uganda🇺🇦 Ukraine🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇺🇾 Uruguay🇺🇿 Uzbekistan🇻🇳 Vietnam🇾🇪 Yemen🇿🇲 Zambia🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Modeled estimates. Source: Global Debt Clock, based on the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026, general government gross debt), US Treasury data for the United States, IMF Country Report No. 26/80 (April 2026) for Yemen, the World Bank Syria Macro-Fiscal Assessment (June 2025) for Syria and IMF Country Report No. 25/335 (December 2025) for Somalia.
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