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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland vs ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Germany currently owes about 10.5ร— more โ€” a gap of $3.25 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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Switzerland
$342,000,000,000
Debt-to-GDP38%
Per citizen$38,864
Per secondstable
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Germany
$3,589,626,365,662
Debt-to-GDP65%
Per citizen$42,531
Per second+$6,500
In nominal terms, Germany carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 10.5ร— that of Switzerland, a difference of $3.25 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Switzerland: 38%, Germany: 65%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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Source: Global Debt Clock, based on the IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026, general government gross debt) and World Bank IDS.
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