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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China vs ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 9.2ร— more โ€” a gap of $17.54 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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China
$19,663,896,576,125
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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Spain
$2,128,145,685,004
Debt-to-GDP101%
Per citizen$44,898
Per second+$2,300
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 9.2ร— that of Spain, a difference of $17.54 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, Spain: 101%) 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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