🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇨🇳 China
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 15.1× more — a gap of $18.36 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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Australia
$1,305,827,935,985
Debt-to-GDP51%
Per citizen$48,907
Per second+$1,400
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China
$19,663,898,856,875
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt — roughly 15.1× that of Australia, a difference of $18.36 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Australia: 51%, China: 88%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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