🇨🇳 China vs 🇯🇵 Japan
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 1.9× more — a gap of $9.43 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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China
$19,663,895,681,025
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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Japan
$10,232,483,274,412
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt — roughly 1.9× that of Japan, a difference of $9.43 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, Japan: 230%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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