🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇯🇵 Japan
Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Japan currently owes about 2.9× more — a gap of $6.64 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.
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Germany
$3,589,626,624,277
Debt-to-GDP65%
Per citizen$42,531
Per second+$6,500
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Japan
$10,232,481,818,764
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
In nominal terms, Japan carries the larger government debt — roughly 2.9× that of Germany, a difference of $6.64 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Germany: 65%, Japan: 230%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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