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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France vs ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. China currently owes about 4.6ร— more โ€” a gap of $15.38 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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France
$4,287,225,717,401
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
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China
$19,663,898,878,575
Debt-to-GDP88%
Per citizen$13,956
Per second+$25,000
In nominal terms, China carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 4.6ร— that of France, a difference of $15.38 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (France: 118%, China: 88%) 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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