🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇺🇸 United States
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 30.4× more — a gap of $38.40 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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Australia
$1,305,827,682,182
Debt-to-GDP51%
Per citizen$48,907
Per second+$1,400
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United States
$39,702,590,333,817
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt — roughly 30.4× that of Australia, a difference of $38.40 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Australia: 51%, United States: 124%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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