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🇨🇭 Switzerland vs 🇫🇷 France

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. France currently owes about 12.5× more — a gap of $3.95 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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France
$4,287,224,393,418
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
In nominal terms, France carries the larger government debt — roughly 12.5× that of Switzerland, a difference of $3.95 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Switzerland: 38%, France: 118%) 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.
Live data: /api/compare?a=ch&b=fr · Switzerland page · France page