🇨🇳 China vs 🇮🇹 Italy
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 5.2× more — a gap of $15.86 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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China
$19,663,891,226,550
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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Italy
$3,799,058,947,186
Debt-to-GDP137%
Per citizen$64,500
Per second+$3,000
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt — roughly 5.2× that of Italy, a difference of $15.86 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, Italy: 137%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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