🇨🇳 China vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 4.7× more — a gap of $15.44 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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China
$19,663,899,044,675
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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United Kingdom
$4,221,821,766,901
Debt-to-GDP104%
Per citizen$62,269
Per second+$6,100
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt — roughly 4.7× that of United Kingdom, a difference of $15.44 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, United Kingdom: 104%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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