🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇫🇷 France
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. France currently owes about 1.2× more — a gap of $697.6 billion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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Germany
$3,589,628,013,743
Debt-to-GDP65%
Per citizen$42,531
Per second+$6,500
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France
$4,287,224,074,859
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
In nominal terms, France carries the larger government debt — roughly 1.2× that of Germany, a difference of $697.6 billion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Germany: 65%, France: 118%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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