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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France vs ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. France currently owes about 12.5ร— more โ€” a gap of $3.95 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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France
$4,287,224,392,845
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
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Switzerland
$342,000,000,000
Debt-to-GDP38%
Per citizen$38,864
Per secondstable
In nominal terms, France carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 12.5ร— that of Switzerland, a difference of $3.95 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (France: 118%, Switzerland: 38%) 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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