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Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 5.7ร— more โ€” a gap of $16.21 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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China
$19,663,898,850,275
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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India
$3,455,543,668,879
Debt-to-GDP82%
Per citizen$2,398
Per second+$7,200
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 5.7ร— that of India, a difference of $16.21 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, India: 82%) 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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