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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France vs ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea

Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. France currently owes about 4.1ร— more โ€” a gap of $3.24 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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France
$4,287,225,025,982
Debt-to-GDP118%
Per citizen$62,679
Per second+$6,300
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South Korea
$1,051,423,814,473
Debt-to-GDP54%
Per citizen$20,337
Per second+$1,200
In nominal terms, France carries the larger government debt โ€” roughly 4.1ร— that of South Korea, a difference of $3.24 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (France: 118%, South Korea: 54%) 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.
Live data: /api/compare?a=fr&b=kr ยท France page ยท South Korea page