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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain vs ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. Japan currently owes about 4.8ร— more โ€” a gap of $8.10 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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Spain
$2,128,145,193,264
Debt-to-GDP101%
Per citizen$44,898
Per second+$2,300
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Japan
$10,232,482,526,829
Debt-to-GDP230%
Per citizen$82,520
Per second+$4,200
In nominal terms, Japan carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 4.8ร— that of Spain, a difference of $8.10 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Spain: 101%, Japan: 230%) 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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