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Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 43.4Γ— more β€” a gap of $19.21 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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China
$19,663,895,684,225
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
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Saudi Arabia
$453,125,775,580
Debt-to-GDP32%
Per citizen$12,517
Per second+$1,300
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt β€” roughly 43.4Γ— that of Saudi Arabia, a difference of $19.21 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (China: 88%, Saudi Arabia: 32%) 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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