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🇨🇭 Switzerland vs 🇺🇸 United States

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 116.1× more — a gap of $39.36 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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United States
$39,702,574,746,292
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt — roughly 116.1× that of Switzerland, a difference of $39.36 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Switzerland: 38%, United States: 124%) 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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