🇨🇳 China vs 🇰🇷 South Korea
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 18.7× more — a gap of $18.61 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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China
$19,663,896,118,925
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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South Korea
$1,051,423,813,708
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt — roughly 18.7× that of South Korea, a difference of $18.61 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, South Korea: 54%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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