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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France vs ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. France currently owes about 1.0ร— more โ€” a gap of $65.4 billion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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France
$4,287,225,761,047
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
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United Kingdom
$4,221,821,768,633
Debt-to-GDP104%
Per citizen$62,269
Per second+$6,100
In nominal terms, France carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 1.0ร— that of United Kingdom, a difference of $65.4 billion. Note that debt-to-GDP (France: 118%, United Kingdom: 104%) 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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